examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the earth
By: with some remarks on Mr. Whiston's New theory of the earth.  Also an examination of the reflections on the theory of the earth; and a defence of the remarks on Mr. Whiston's New theory.
Contributors: Maupertuis, 1698-1759.
Edition: The 2d ed. corr., and all the digures (25 in number) engraved on copper plates.  To the whole is annexed A dissertation on the different figures of the coelestial bodies, &c.  With a summary exposition of the Cartesian and Newtonian systems.  By Mons. de Maupertuis.
Publisher: Printed for and sold by H. Clements, and S. Harding, London
Published: 1734
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Burnet, Thomas, -- 1635?-1715.; Whiston, William, -- 1667-1752.; Planets -- Figure; Rotating masses of fluid; Earth
Notes: Includes advertisements.