E

Earth:

controversy over shape of the 7 , 181 , 182 , 216 -7;

ellipsoidal model of, 192 ;

geoid model of, 205 -6;

spheroidal model of, 190 -2.

See also Geodesy; Measurement of arcs of meridian

Ecole polytechnique, 103

Economics, 382

Encyclopedia Brittanica , 49

Encyclopedia metropolitana , 50

Edelcrantz, Abraham Niklas, 129 -30

Ekström, Daniel, 298

Electrometer, 6 , 8

Element, 20 , 263

Elements of Chemistry (Lavoisier), 212

Elvius, Pehr, 296 , 310

Encyclopedias, 46 , 48 , 50 , 305 ;

and information, 51 , 70

Enc yclopédie (Diderot and d'Alembert, eds.), 20 , 22 , 44 -9, 86 , 114 , 118

Encyclopédie méthodique , 68

Encyclopedism, 20 , 45 -51, 267

Entomology, 70

Ephemerides , 170 , 171 , 172

Epigenesis (theories of), 275

Epp, F.X., 172

Esprit géométrique , 1 , 2 , 83 -6, 395 .

See also Mathematics; Quantifying

Esprit de système, systématique , 45 , 46 .

See also Systematic model

Etat major , 203 -4

Euler, Leonhard: 100 , 102 , 115 , 388

Evolution:

hypothesis of Linnaeus, 55 -6, 57 , 78 , 287 -8

Experimental physics. See Physics

Exposition du système du monde (Laplace), 364 , 375

Experiments on magnesia alba (Black), 262