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Forbes, John

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    The figure of the earth, determined from observations made by order of the French King, at the Polar Circle / by Messrs. de Maupertuis, Camus, Clairaut, Le Monnier ... the Abbé Outhier ... and Mr. Celsius ... Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis.

    Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis | Date: 1738
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    Specification of John Forbes : constructing fire-places with double grates, &c.

    Forbes, John | Date: 1854
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    The mariner's everlasting almanack : wherein is set down diverse motions of the moon, with rules and tables for finding her age every day, and when she cometh to the meridian, also the time of her true rising and setting, fully examplified and proved, together with everlasting tyde-tables, containing the true ebbings and flowings throughout the most part of the sea-ports and towns in Europe ... / by Iohn Forbes.

    Forbes, John | Date: 1681

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