On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & brothers, 1846 - 460 pages |
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... falls of Niagara ; in the weight of the air , as in the periods of the moon . Gravitation not only binds satellites to their planet , and planets to the sun , but it connects sun with sun throughout the wide extent of creation , and is ...
... falls of Niagara ; in the weight of the air , as in the periods of the moon . Gravitation not only binds satellites to their planet , and planets to the sun , but it connects sun with sun throughout the wide extent of creation , and is ...
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... fall at the surface of the earth with an accelerated velocity , and with a force proportional to their masses . By com- parison , Newton proved that the force which occasions the fall of bodies at the earth's surface is identical with ...
... fall at the surface of the earth with an accelerated velocity , and with a force proportional to their masses . By com- parison , Newton proved that the force which occasions the fall of bodies at the earth's surface is identical with ...
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... fall at the surface of the earth . If the earth were a sphere , and at rest , a body would be equally attracted , that is , it would have the same weight at every point of its surface , because the surface of a sphere is everywhere ...
... fall at the surface of the earth . If the earth were a sphere , and at rest , a body would be equally attracted , that is , it would have the same weight at every point of its surface , because the surface of a sphere is everywhere ...
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... fall through in the first second of her de- scent to the earth , were she not prevented by the cen- trifugal force ( N : 18 ) arising from the velocity with which she moves in her orbit . The moon is thus re- tained in her orbit by a ...
... fall through in the first second of her de- scent to the earth , were she not prevented by the cen- trifugal force ( N : 18 ) arising from the velocity with which she moves in her orbit . The moon is thus re- tained in her orbit by a ...
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... fall to the sun by its gravity . Were the sun not to attract it , the planet would fly off in the tangent . Thus , when the planet is at the point of its orbit farthest from the sun , his action overcomes the planet's velocity , and ...
... fall to the sun by its gravity . Were the sun not to attract it , the planet would fly off in the tangent . Thus , when the planet is at the point of its orbit farthest from the sun , his action overcomes the planet's velocity , and ...
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