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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-031.mrc:296978872:2092
Source marc_columbia
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn863387336
040 $aEQO$beng$cEQO$dOCLCO$dOCLCF$dOCLCQ$dDGU$dUZ0
035 $a(OCoLC)863387336
050 0 $aQA35$b.S48 1743
049 $aZCUA
100 1 $aSimpson, Thomas,$d1710-1761.
245 10 $aMathematical dissertations on a variety of physical and analytical subjects. :$bContaining, among other particulars, a demonstration of the true figure which the earth, or any planet must acquire from its rotation about an axis. A general investigation of the attraction at the surfaces of bodies nearly spherical. A determination of the meridional parts, and the lengths of the several degrees of the meridian, according to the true figure of the earth. An investigation of the height of the tides in the ocean. A new theory of astronomical-refractions, with exact tables deduced therefrom. A new and very exact method for approximating the roots of equations in numbers ; that quintuples the number of places at each operation. Several new methods for the summation of series. Some new and very useful improvements in the inverse method of fluxions. The whole in a general and perspicuous manner. /$cby Thomas Simpson.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for T. Woodward, at the Half-Moon, between the two Temple-Gates in Fleetstreet.,$c1743.
300 $aviii, 168 pages :$billustrations ;$c4to
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aSignatures: [a]² b², A-2T².
500 $aVertical chain-lines.
500 $aErrata at foot of p. viii.
500 $aRare Book copy: Bound with 2 related works$5NNC
510 4 $aESTC,$cT78424
650 0 $aMathematics$vEarly works to 1800.
650 7 $aMathematics.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01012163
655 7 $aEarly works.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411636
700 1 $aWoodward, Thomas,$d-1751?,$epublisher.
752 $aEngland$dLondon.
852 80 $brbx$hB520.4$iSi4