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BUFFON, Hist. Naturelle, Supplement, torn. in. p. 260. 

 12 mo edit. Paris 1779. For a comparison of the 

 strength of different kinds of wood, &c. See EMER- 

 SON'S Mechanics, section viu. scJwlium at the end. 

 MUSCHENBROEK, 1127, on the Strength of Tim- 

 ber, and 1129, &c. on the Strength of Metals. 

 See also COULOMB. Application des Regies de Ma- 

 ximis et Minimis a quelques Problemes relatifs a 

 Architecture, Memoires Presentes, vol. vn. (1773), 

 p. 343., &c. 



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