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" An account of experiments for determining the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London. "
The Works of John Playfair ...: With a Memoir of the Author ... - Page 522
by John Playfair - 1822
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Philosophical Transactions, Volumes 71-120

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1775 - 348 pages
...dividing astronomical circles and other instruments. - - — 419 An account of experiments for determining the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London. - . CVIII. 33 On the length of the French metre estimated in parts of the English standard. - - 103...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 30

1818 - 638 pages
...connexion with one of the greatest and most important questions in the natural history of the Earth. Tne next thing to be done, was to measure the length of...where the observations •were made, is 51° 31' 8". 4. It is sufficient here to state, that no expedient has been neglected that practical or theoretical...
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A Treatise on Algebra: In Practice and Theory, ... with Notes and ..., Volume 2

John Bonnycastle - 1813 - 444 pages
...and the length of the pendulum be required, we shall have f = -4= "8 .' =39.126 inches TT" «* for the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London. appears, that the times of vibrations of pendulums, in cycloidal arcs, are as the square roots of their...
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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OF CRITICAL JOURNAL

DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...between the knite edges, which had alternatelv served :is the centres of suspension and oscillation,and from "thence to deduce the length of the pendulum...spot (Mr BROWNE'S house in Portland Place) where the observation* 7 were made, is 51° 31' 8".4. It is sufficient here to state, that no expedient has been...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 82

1818 - 616 pages
...American Geology. V. Shipwrecks of the Alceste and Meduse. VI. An Account of Experiments for determining the Length of the Pendulum Vibrating Seconds in the Latitude of London. I(y Captain Henry Kater, FHS VII. Mi-moires pour Servir à l'Histoire des Fvénrmens de la Fin du Dix-Huitième...
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Journal of Science and the Arts, Volume 5

1818 - 458 pages
...paper was read to the Society by Captain Kater, giving an account of his experiments for determining the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London. We have already hinted that the President and Council adjudged the Copley Medal to Captain Kater for...
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The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts, Volume 5

1818 - 484 pages
...other combinations of plain mirrors, 326-336. Kater, (Capt.) notice ot his experiments for determining the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London, ids — on the length of the French metre, estimated in parts of the English standard, 169— directions...
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Annals of Philosophy: Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy ..., Volume 11

1818 - 514 pages
...of Philosophical Societies. ROYAL SOCIETY. Eeb. 5.— An abstract was read of Capt. Kater's paper on the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London. Those who have attempted the solution of this problem, with the exception of Whitehurst, hav« proceeded...
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Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy ..., Volume 13

Thomas Thomson - 1819 - 690 pages
...paper in the Transactions of the Royal Society, containing " An Account of Experiments for determining the Length of the Pendulum, vibrating Seconds, in the Latitude of London ; " who derived considerable ad; vantage from it, in proving the stability of the support for his 6...
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Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture: Consisting of Original ...

1819 - 444 pages
...them when the vessel is laid up. In witness whereof, &c. An An Account of Experiments for determining the Length of the Pendulum vibrating Seconds in the Latitude of London. By Cnpt. HENRY KATER, FRS With a Plate. From the PHILOSOPHICAL THANSACTIONS of the ROYAL SOCIETY of...
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