An account of the calculations made from the survey and measures taken at Schehallien, in order to ascertain the mean density of the earth . By Charles Hutton, Esq. F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, May 21, 1778.

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An account of the calculations made from the survey and measures taken at Schehallien, in order to ascertain the mean density of the earth . By Charles Hutton, Esq. F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, May 21, 1778.