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Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 1 / Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age Mathematics · 13 章
目录 The True Theory of the Tides, extracted from that admired Treatise of Mr. Isaac Newton, Intitled, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica; Being a Discourse presented with that Book to the late King James, by Mr. Edmund Halley. An Account of the Cause of the Change of the Variation of the Magnetical Needle, with an Hypothesis of the Structure of the Internal Parts of the Earth; as it was proposed to the Royal Society in one of their late Meetings. By Mr. Edmund Halley. A Discourse of the Rule of the Decrease of the height of the Mercury in the Barometer, according as Places are elevated above the Surface of the Earth; with an Attempt to discover the true Reason of the Rising and Falling of the Mercury, upon Change of Weather. By Edm. Halley. An introductory Essay to the Doctrine of Sounds, containing some Proposals for the improvement of Acousticks; As it was presented to the Dublin Society, Nov. 12. 1683, by the Right Reverend Father in God Narcissus Lord Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin. A Discourse concerning some Influence of Respiration on the Motion of the Heart, hitherto unobserved. By J. Drake, M. D. F. R. S. Anno 1691. Some Reflections upon the foregoing Experiments. The Famous Mr. Isaac Newton's Theory of the Moon. A Discourse concerning Gravity, and its Properties, wherein the Descent of Heavy Bodies, and the Motion of Projects is briefly, but fully handled: Together with the Solution of a Problem of great Use in Gunnery. By E. Halley. A Discourse concerning the Measure of the Airs Resistance to Bodies moved in it. By the Learned John Wallis, S. T. D. and R. S. S. PART I. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE Chapter 13