A history of the mathematical theories of attraction and the figure of the earth from the time of Newton to that of Laplace.
By: By I. Todhunter ...
Publisher: Macmillan and co.
Published: 1873
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Earth -- Figure.; Attractions of ellipsoids.; Rotating masses of fluid.
Notes: Replace; LC copy replaced by preservation microfilm
A digital reproduction made from a copy held by Cornel University is available from the Cornell University Library's Historical Mathematics Monographs Web site.
"Chronological list of authors": v. 1, p. [xxxi]-xxxiv.
"Dates of birth and death of the principal writers on attraction and the figure of the earth": v. 1, p. xxxv.