...Mudge. By Don Joseph Rodriguez. Communicated by Joseph de Mendoza Rios, Esq. FRS Read June 4, 18 u. THE determination of the figure and magnitude of the...latitudes, and consequently that parts of the earth in the neghbourhood of the equator should be more elevated than those near the poles. The most simple hypothesis,...

...impossible for us to draw any information from these attempts. Huygens and Newton were the first who reduced to the known laws of mechanics the principles...which the figure of the earth should be determined. The Academy of Sciences of Paris had the glory of first applying these principles to practice, by their...

...impossible for us to draw any information from these attempts. Huygens and Newton were the first who reduced to the known laws of mechanics the principles on which the figure of the eartli should be determined. The Academy of Sciences of Paris bad the glory of first applying these...

...astronomers Newton and Huygens were the first that engaged iii the consideration of this subject, and who reduced to the known laws of mechanics, the principles...earth should be determined. They demonstrated that the rotary motion would occasion differences in the force of gravity in different latitudes, and consequently,...

...great philosophers Huyghens and Newton first engaged in the consideration of this question, and reduned to the known laws of mechanics the principles on which the figure of the earth should he determined. They demonstrated that ihe rotatory motion should occasion differences in the force...