John Playfair

The Works of John Playfair - Volume 3

Herausgeber: Playfair, James G.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of the major works of influential Scottish mathematician and geologist John Playfair was first published in 1822.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 494
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 691g
• ISBN-13: 9781108029407
• ISBN-10: 110802940X
• Artikelnr.: 33399911

Inhaltsangabe

4. On the arithmetic of impossible quantities
5. On the causes which affect the accuracy of barometrical measurements
6. Remarks on the astronomy of the Brahmins
7. On the origin and investigation of porisms
8. Observations on the trigonometrical tables of the Brahmins
9. Theorems relating to the figure of the earth
10. On the solids of greatest attraction
11. On the progress of heat in spherical bodies
12. Account of a lithological survey of Schehallien
13. On the naval tactics of the late John Clerk, Esq. of Eldin.