Clairaut
Americannoun
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I shall begin to be jealous of this little impertinent Mademoiselle Clairaut.
From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances
Condorcet, instructed by the Jesuits at Rheims, was able when he was only fifteen years old to go through such performances in analysis as to win especial applause from illustrious judges like D’Alembert and Clairaut.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 3: Condorcet by Morley, John
BACON.—A very fine ring-plain, 40 miles in diameter, S.W. of Clairaut.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
Lepaute and the celebrated mathematician, Clairaut, to determine the amount of the attraction of Jupiter and Saturn on Halley's comet, whose return was expected in that year.
From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine
The calculation was difficult: Clairaut discovered the means of effecting it.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert
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