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We behold indeed, in the motions of the celestial bodies, some effects of [the attraction] that may be call'd more august or pompous. But methinks these little hyperbolas, form'd by a fluid between two glass planes, are not a-whit less fine and curious than the spacious ellipses describ'd by the planets, in the bright expanse of Heaven.
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Humphry Ditton
Born:
May 29, 1675
Died:
October 15, 1715
(aged 40)
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Humphry Ditton was an English mathematician.
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