The Works of John Playfair
4 Volume Set

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Advertisement
1. Biographical account of the late Professor Playfair
2. Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth. Volume 2:
3. Dissertation exhibiting a general view of the progress of mathematical and physical science since the revival of letters in Europe. Volume 3:
4. On the arithmetic of impossible quantities
5. On the causes which affect the accuracy of barometrical measurements
6. Remarks on the astronomy of the Brahmins
7. On the origin and investigation of porisms
8. Observations on the trigonometrical tables of the Brahmins
9. Theorems relating to the figure of the earth
10. On the solids of greatest attraction
11. On the progress of heat in spherical bodies
12. Account of a lithological survey of Schehallien
13. On the naval tactics of the late John Clerk, Esq. of Eldin. Volume 4:
14. Biographical account of the late Matthew Stewart, D.D.
15. Biographical account of the late James Hutton, M.D.
16. Biographical account of the late John Robinson, LL.D.
17. Review of Mudge's Account of the Trigonometrical Survey of England
Review of Mechain et Delambre
18. Base du Systéme Mètrique Décimal
19. Review of Laplace, Traité de Mécanique Céleste
20. Review of Le Compte rendu par l'Institut de France
21. Review of Lambton's Measurement of an Arch of the Meridian
22. Review of Baron De Zach, Attraction des Montagnes
23. Review of Kater on the Pendulum.