"Laplace... took up the subject of waves propagated along the surface of water; and deduced a very celebrated theory o…"

"Newton, in the Principia, had inserted a series of propositions, the object of which was to prove, that the machinery…"

"The theory of the tides has been reduced [in this work] into an extremely simple form, which appears to agree better …"

"The application of the general doctrines of mechanics to fluids was a natural and inevitable step, when the principle…"

"In most cases, the solutions of problems of hydrodynamics are not satisfactorily confirmed by the results of observat…"

"That all the parts of the universe are drawn and held together by love, or harmony, or some affection to which, among…"

"[W]e are precluded from further advance, partly by our almost necessary ignorance of the forms of the bottom in deep …"

"A Frenchman who arrives in London, finds a great alteration in philosophy, as in other things. He left the world full…"

"Here lies Isaac Newton, Knight, Who, by a Vigour of Mind almost supernatural, First demonstrated The Motions and Figu…"

"We propose... to enter at some length into the mathematical theories, and the experimental observations, applying to …"