Clairaut
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The calculation was difficult: Clairaut discovered the means of effecting it.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert
I shall begin to be jealous of this little impertinent Mademoiselle Clairaut.
From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances
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 Grant, Robert
I love prudence; and will therefore send for Mademoiselle Clairaut to be Rivers’s belle.
From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances
D'Alembert, Clairaut, and others attacked the problem, but were led to just the same result.
From Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir
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