The Pamphleteer, Volume 13Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1818 |
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... the precession of the equinoxes , and the nutation of the earth's axis ; -the irregular figure and balancing of Saturn's ring , and the depen- dence of that balancing upon that irregular figure ; -the libra- tion of the moon : -these ...
... the precession of the equinoxes , and the nutation of the earth's axis ; -the irregular figure and balancing of Saturn's ring , and the depen- dence of that balancing upon that irregular figure ; -the libra- tion of the moon : -these ...
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