GENERAL CONTENTS
Preface
History of the subject before the appearance of Newton's "Principia"
Extracts from Newton's Principia and "System of the World"
Biographical sketch of Newton
Bouguer's "The Figure of the Earth"
Biographical sketch of Bouguer
The Bertier controversy
Account of Maskelyne's experiments on Scheliallien
Cavendish's "Experiments to determine the mean density of the Earth"
Biographical sketch of Cavendish
Historical account of the experiments made since the time of Cavendish
Table of results of experiments
Bibliography
Index