 He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle, in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honey-comb do actually meet.  The Constitution of Man - Page 55by George Combe - 1845 - 382 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1793 - 390 pages
...some mathematicians, particularly by the ingenious Mr Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, "which is to be found in the transactions of the royal society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required j and he found by the most exact mensuration the subject... | |
 | Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 560 pages
...entirely out in the socket of the candlestick, which was close to her. Besides, there were found, near the consumed body, the clothes of a child, and a paper screen, which had sustained no injury by the tire. The dress of this woman consisted of a cotton gown. An Account of that wonderful shtimal the... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1809 - 746 pages
...subject ; to Robins's Tracts, and Professor Hutton's Experiments on Gunnery; as well as to whatever was to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London, and the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg ; Vegetius de Re militari ; Saxe's Military Reveries; Rocheaymon.... | |
 | John Redman Coxe, Thomas Cooper - Industrial arts - 1812 - 546 pages
...-entirely out in the socket of the candlestick, which was close to her. Besides, there were found near the consumed body the clothes of a child and a paper screen,...The dress of this woman consisted of a cotton gown. Le Gat, in a memoir on spontaneous burning, mentions several other instances of combustion of the human... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 810 pages
...problems of maxima and minima. The celebrated M'Laurin refolved it by a fluxiooary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions, of the Royal Society of London, and determined precifely the angle required. Upon the moft exact menfuration which the lubjcct could adroit,... | |
 | Brian Hill - English poetry - 1816 - 128 pages
...problems of maxima et minima. The celebrated Maclaurin resolved it by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London, and determined precisely the angle required. Upon the most exact " No, Henry, no ; one energetic mind,... | |
 | 1830 - 604 pages
...entirely out in the candlestick which was close to her Besides, there were found near the consumed hody the clothes of a child and a paper screen, which had sustained no injury. The dress of this woman consisted of a cotton gown. Le Cat relates another instance, which occurred... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Philosophy - 1822 - 322 pages
...expense, of material and labour. larly by the ingenious Mr. Maclarurin, by a iluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 862 pages
...problems of maxima and minima. The celebrated MlLaurin resolved it by a iluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London, and determined precisely the angle required. Upon the most exact mensuration which the subject could admit,... | |
 | Thomas Hancock - Instinct - 1824 - 584 pages
...by some mathematicians, particularly by the ingenious Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required, and he found by the most exact mensuration B2 the subject... | |
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