 Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very...  Animal Intelligence - Page 161by George John Romanes - 1888 - 520 lehteFull view - About this book
 | 1870 - 604 lehte
...determined precisely the angle required; and he found by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes at the bottom of the cell of a honey-comb do actually meet." " Shall we ask here who taught the bee... | |
 | William Cooke - 1877 - 574 lehte
...required. Upon the most exact mensuration which the subject could admit, he afterwards found tlutt it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of the honeycomb do actually meet." * This mathematical precision is uniform and universal. As Lord Brougham... | |
 | John Hogg (publisher.) - 1878 - 536 lehte
...compose the bottom ought to meet. The late celebrated mathematician Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculus, determined precisely the angle required ; and he found,...very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of a cell of a honeycomb do actually meet. The same curious fact was ascertained by a German mathematician... | |
 | 1855 - 456 lehte
...required; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle hi which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet. Of course, all this knowledge is no part of the consciousness or experience of the insect, yet... | |
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