"It is thus that astronomy, , optics, &c., have finally become applications of mathematical science to certain orders of observations."

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Footnote: The investigation of the mathematical phenomena of the laws of heat by Baron Fourier has led to the establishment... of Thermological equations. This great discovery tends to elevate our philosophical hopes as to the future extensions of the legitimate applications of mathematical analysis, and renders it proper... to regard Thermology as a third principal branch of concrete mathematics.