Clairaut
Americannoun
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In fine, the labours of Clairaut had produced a deeper impression on the public mind than the learned, ingenious, and acute reasoning of Bayle.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Robert Grant
The theory of the planetary movements is identified with the name of Laplace; hardly is a passing allusion made to the eminent labours of D'Alembert, of Clairaut, of Euler, of Lagrange.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Robert Grant
Here again, the profoundest researches of Clairaut, Euler, D'Alembert, and La Place, were brought practically to bear on navigation.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by William Stevenson
He showed it in a most unequivocal manner, by offering, though so avaricious of his time, to become the guide of the future observer, and also to put him in communication with Clairaut.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Robert Grant
Clairaut made this announcement on November 14, 1758.
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
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