Reports on papers read to the Académie royale des sciences, Paris, 1746

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Date: 1746 | Size: 1 volume(s), 208 pages
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Abstract

This volume contains reports made for the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres on such topics as astronomy, geometry, and natural history.

Background note

French engineer and geometrician Étienne Mignot de Montigny served as the treasurer of France.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 208 p.

1 volume, 208 p.

Provenance

Purchased from Sessler (no. 434; $75.00) and accessioned, 11/27/1962 (1962 2242ms).

General note

Table of contents (5 p.) available in the repository.

Early American History Note

This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.

Indexing Terms


Corporate Name(s)

  • Académie Royale des Sciences (France)

Family Name(s)

  • Courtivron, Gaspard Le Compasseur de Créqui-Montfort, -- marquis de, -- 1715-1785.
  • Jussieu, Antoine.
  • Nollet, -- abbé -- (Jean Antoine), -- 1700-1770.
  • Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, -- 1683-1757.

Genre(s)

  • Essays.

Personal Name(s)

  • Bertin, Exupère Joseph, 1712-1781
  • Bouger, Pierre
  • Cassini, César-François, 1714-1784
  • Cassini, Jacques, 1677-1756
  • Clairaut, M., 1713-1765
  • Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782
  • La Caille, Nicolas Louis de, 1713-1762
  • La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
  • Le Monnier, M. (Pierre-Charles), 1715-1799
  • Malouin, M., (Paul Jacques), 1701-1777
  • Maraldi, J. D., (Jean Dominique), 1709-1788
  • Montigny, Etienne Mignot de,1714-1782.
  • Pitot, Henri

Subject(s)

  • Astronomy.
  • Beyond Early America
  • Electricity.
  • Geometry.
  • Natural history.

Collection overview

 Institut de France. Academie des inscriptions et belle-lettres.
Papers read before the Académie des sciences;
1745-17468-1/2x6

D.S.: Demontigny. 1vol.consisting of 240p.of which 216 contain writing. In French. Indexed in volume, and individually analyzed in catalogue.



Detailed Inventory

 Institut de France. Academie des inscriptions et belle-lettres.
Papers read before the Académie des sciences;
1745-17468-1/2x6

D.S.: Demontigny. 1vol.consisting of 240p.of which 216 contain writing. In French. Indexed in volume, and individually analyzed in catalogue.

 Bertin, Exupère Joseph, 1712-1781.
Sur l'usage des enervations des muscles droits du bas ventre.
 8-1/2x6

D. 9p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres,Papers...; pp.157-165.) See:Inst.de France.Histoire de l'Acadeémie...1746,pp.393-402,for article which seems to be based on this.

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 Bouquet, -----.
Formules generales pour trouver les impulsions des fluides sur les pyramidoides dont la baze en un trapeze avec diverses remarques sur ces impulsions.
 8-1/2x6

D. 16p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.184-199.) See:Inst.de France.Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.237-283,for article which seems to be based on this.

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 Caille, L'abbé de la.
Observations astronomiques faites au college de Mazarin pendant les années
1744-17458-1/2x6

D. 3p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.91-93.) See: Inst.de France.Histoire de l'Académie...1745; pp.501-510,for article which seems to be based on this.

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 Cassini, César-François, 1714-1784.
Sur la description geometrique de la France.
 8-1/2x6

D. 12p. In French. (see Inst.de France. . .belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.58-69.) See: Inst. de France.Histoire de l'Académie...1754,pp.553-560, for article which seems to be based on this.

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 Cassini, Jacques, 1677-1756.
Des deux conjonctions des Mars avec Saturne arrivées en.
17458-1/2x6

D. 16p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-letters.Papers...; pp.125-140.) See: Inst.de France.Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.465-482,for article which seems to be based on this.

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 Clairaut, Alexis Claude, 1713-1765.
Elemens d'algebra.
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D. 7p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.199-205.)

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 Courtivron, Gaspard Le Compasseur de Créqui-Montfort, marquis de ,1715-1785.
Sur les oscillations des pendules dans des arcs de cercle, principalement lorsque ces arcs ont plu d'etendrie.
 8-1/2x6

D. 10p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres. Papers...; pp.82-91.)

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 Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis, 1700-1782.
Essay sur la conservation des blés et des grains en general.
 8-1/2x6

D. 17p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres. Papers... pp.1-17.) See: Inst.de France.Histoire de l'académie...1745, pp.41-56, for article which seems to be based on this.

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 Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis, 1700-1782.
Reference to "Observations Botanico-Meteorologiques."
 8-1/2x6

D. 1p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; p.206.) See:Inst.de France.Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.88-97: 1747,pp.309-343 for articles which may be based on this.

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 Geoffroy, M. (Etienne-Louis).
Examen d'une preparation de verre d'antimonie specifique pour le dissenterie D. 7p. In French.
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(see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.165-171.) See:Inst.de France. Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.162-164,for article which seems to be based on this.

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 Jussieu, Antoine de, 1686-1758.
Reflexions servant d'essay a 1'explication des differentes manieres donc les plantes se multipliere.
 8-1/2x6

D. 17p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.41-57.)

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 La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774.
Reference to "les observations Physyques, Geometriques, Astronomiques," which he made on a voyage to Quito and Lima.
 8-1/2x6

D. 1p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.205-206.)

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 Le Monnier, Pierre, 1675-1757.
De la precession des equinoxes et de la rotation de l'axe de la terre causée par la lune.
 8-1/2x6

D. 23p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres. Papers...18-40.)

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 Malouin, M. (Paul Jacques), 1701-1777.
Troisieme memoire sur le zinc.
 8-1/2x6

D. 12p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-letters.Papers...; pp.70-81.)

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 Maraldi, J.D. (Jean Dominique), 1709-1788.
Sur l'inegalité de second satellite de Jupiter.
 8-1/2x6

D. 9p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.172-179.)

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 Morogue, Sébastien François Bigot, vicomte de, 1705-1781.
Memoire sur la corruption de l'air dans les vaisseaux.
 8-1/2x6

D. 12p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.93-104.)

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 Nollet, abbé (Jean Antoine), 1700-1770.
Observations sur quelques nouveaux phenomenes d'electricité.
 8-1/2x6

D. 21p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; pp.105-125.) See:Inst.de France. Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.1-22,for article which seems to be based on this.

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 Pitot, Henri, 1695-1771.
Observations sur les causes des maladies mortelles qui regnant sur les côtes de la mer du bas Languedoc.
 8-1/2x6

D. 5p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-letters.Papers...; pp.179-183.) See: Inst.de France. Histoire de l'Académie...1746,pp.182-186,for article which seems to be based on this.

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 Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de, 1683-1757.
Moyens d' empecher l'evaporation des liqueurs spiritueuses dans les quelles on vent conserver des productions de le nature de differens genres.
 8-1/2x6

D. 16p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres. Papers...; pp.141-156.) See:Inst.de France.Historie de l'Académie...1746,pp. 483-515,for article which seems to be based on this.

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 Sone, de la.
Reference to a description of a "foetus monstreux."
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D. 1p. In French. (see Inst.de France...belles-lettres.Papers...; p.206.)

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