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OF the great Scotch mathematician, Maclaurin, we read—“The importance of his investigations may be seen by observing how great has been his influence on succeeding writers. Clairaut, D'Alembert, Lagrange, Le-gendre, Gauss, Ivory, and Chasles show by reference, explicit or implicit, their obligations to the creator of the theory of the attraction of ellipsoids.
A History of the Mathematical Theories of Attraction and the Figure of the Earth from the time of Newton to that of Laplace.
By I. Todhunter Two vols. (London: Macmillan, 1874.)
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TUCKER, R. A History of the Mathematical Theories of Attraction and the Figure of the Earth from the time of Newton to that of Laplace . Nature 9, 399–401 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/009399a0
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