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    <mods:namePart>Maupertuis</mods:namePart>
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  <mods:tableOfContents>Terres Australes -- Patagons -- Passage par le nord -- Observations sur les variations de l'aimant -- Continent de l'Afrique -- Pyramides, &amp; cavités -- Collège des sciences étrangères -- Ville latine -- Astronomie -- Parallaxe de la lune, &amp; son usage pour connoître la figure de la terre -- Utilité du supplice des criminels -- Observations sur la médecine -- Expériences sur les animaux -- Observations microscopiques -- Miroirs brûlans -- Expériences métaphysiques -- Recherches à interdire.</mods:tableOfContents>
  <mods:note type="statement of responsibility" altRepGroup="00">par Monsieur de Maupertuis.</mods:note>
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