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Laplace on the system of the world. A. P. 

 1772. ii. 267. H. 87. 1775. 75. H. 39. 



Berthier's opinions. Roz. Intr. I. 658. IV. 

 310., 433, and elsewhere. His retraction. 

 Roz. IX. 460. 



On gravitation. Roz. I. 245. 



Mayeri opera inedita. R. S. 



Lexell on Lambert's theorem respecting cen- 

 tral force. N. A. Petr. 1783. I. 140. 



Ximenes on the de'nsity of the planets. Soc. 

 Ital. III. 278. 



Melanderhielui on the diminution of the sun 

 and the resistance of ether. N. Act. Helv. 



1.98. 



Supposes that they compensate each other. 

 Hellins on a problem in physical astronomy, 

 wuh an appendix. Ph. tr. 1798. 527. 



On perturbations. 



Hellins's second appendix. Ph. tr. 1800.86. 

 Benzenberg on falling bodies. Gilb. XI. I69, 

 470. XIV. 222. XVII. 476. 



Found that 144 feet, Fr. were described in 116'". 85, in- 

 stead of 1 86'".86. 



Woodhouse on problems in physical astro- 

 nomy. Ph. tr. 1804.219. 

 €ee Primary Planets. 



Equilibrium and Figure of Gra- 

 vitating Bodies. 



Maupertuis sur les figures des astres. 8. Par. 



1732. 

 Clairaut Traite de la figure de la terre. 8. 



Paris. M. B. 



Ace. A. P. 1742. H.86. 

 Clairaut's explanation in answer to Frisi. 



Ph. tr. 1753. 77. 

 St. Jatjues de Silvabelle on the solid of the 



greatest attraction. S. E. I. 175. 

 D'Arcy on the attraction of spheroids. A. P. 



1758.318. 



Canterzano on the attraction of a sphere. C. 



Bon.V. ii. 66. 

 Laplace on the equilibrium of a gravitating 



fluid in rotation. S. E. 1773. 524. 

 La|ilace on the attraciion of spheroids and 



the figures of the planets. A. P. 1782. 

 113. H. 43. 

 Lagrange on spheroids. A. Berl. 1773. 121. 



1775. 273. 1792. 258. 

 Hutton's determination of the point of great- 

 est attraction of a solid. PIi.tr. 1780. 1. 

 Lcgendre on the figure of the planets. A. P. 



1784. 370. 

 Legendre on the attraction of homogeneous 



spheroids on a distant point. S. E. X. 



1785.411. 

 Legendre's example of the attraction of a 



spheroid. A. P. 1788. 463. 

 Legendre on the figure of the planets. A. P. 



1789. 372. 

 Krafft upon Lagrange's researches on elliptic 



spheroids. N. A. Petr. 1784. II. 148. 

 Euler on the centrifugal force of the earth. 



N.A. Petr. 1784. II. 121. 

 Says, that if the whole earth were fluid it could not re- 

 main at rest without intestine motion. But would there 

 not then be friction, and must it not be retarded? 



ATaring on infinite series. Pli. tr. 1791. 146. 



Examples of the attraction of circles and spheroidj. 



Gtrlach on the figure of the earth, and oa 

 the motion of its axis. 8. R. S. 



Trembley on the attraction of spheroids. A. 

 Berl. 1799. 68. 



Pasquich on the effect of ellipticity on pen- 

 dulums. Zach. Mon. corr. II. 3. ' 



See also Geography. 



Orbits of the Primary Planets. 



Ilalley's direct mode of determining the pla- 

 netary orbits. Ph. tr. I676. XI. 683. 



Varignon on the central forces of the planets. 

 A. P. 1700. 224. H. 78. 



