Clairaut
Americannoun
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There is also a ring-plain N.E. of Clairaut, which has very clearly modified the shape of the border on this side.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
D'Alembert, Clairaut, and others attacked the problem, but were led to just the same result.
From Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir
Another celebrated female mathematician was Madame Hortense Lepaute, born in 1723, who collaborated with Clairaut in the immense calculations by which he predicted the return of Halley's Comet.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)
Alexis Claude Clairaut gave this figure: Imagine rain to be falling vertically, and a person carrying a thin perpendicular tube to be standing on the ground.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Clairaut made this announcement on November 14, 1758.
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel
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