MÉCANIQUE CÉLESTE.
BY THE
MARQUIS DE LA PLACE,
PEER OF FRANCE; GRAND CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOR; MEMBER OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY, OF THE ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES OF PARIS, OF THE BOARD OF LONGITUDE OF FRANCE, OF THE ROYAL SOCIETIES OF
LONDON AND GÖTTINGEN, OF THE ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES OF RUSSIA, DENMARK,
SWEDEN, PRUSSIA, HOLLAND, AND ITALY; MEMBER OF THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES; ETC.
TRANSLATED, WITH A COMMENTARY,
BY
NATHANIEL BOWDITCH, LL. D.
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN; OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY HELD
AT PHILADELPHIA; OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES; ETC.
VOLUME IV.
WITH A MEMOIR OF THE TRANSLATOR,
BY HIS SON,
NATHANIEL INGERSOLL BOWDITCH.
BOSTON:
FROM THE PRESS OF ISAAC R. BUTTS;
CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN, PUBLISHERS.
M DCCC XXXIX.