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CHAPTER XI.. Commentary Continued; Second Volume.—Discussion Between

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Commentary continued; second volume.—Discussion between the English and French mathematicians; Dr. Bowditch’s criticisms.—Errors in La Place in regard to the earth, &c.—Third volume; motions of the moon.—Fourth volume; many errors discovered in it.—Halley’s comet.—Curious phenomena of capillary attraction 169

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