On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & brothers, 1846 - 460 pages |
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... given , the Author hopes that enough has been done to show the Connection of the Physical Sciences . In order to keep pace with the progress of discovery in various branches of the Physical Sciences , this book has been carefully ...
... given , the Author hopes that enough has been done to show the Connection of the Physical Sciences . In order to keep pace with the progress of discovery in various branches of the Physical Sciences , this book has been carefully ...
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... given to his center of gravity , that he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system - a circumstance which would in no way interfere with their relative motions ; for , in consequence of the ...
... given to his center of gravity , that he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system - a circumstance which would in no way interfere with their relative motions ; for , in consequence of the ...
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... given at the time when it was launched into space . Should the force in the tangent cease , the planet would 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 ...
... given at the time when it was launched into space . Should the force in the tangent cease , the planet would 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 ...
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... given epoch has been chosen . The equinoctial , which is a great circle traced in the starry heavens by the imaginary extension of the plane of the terrestrial equator , is intersected by the ecliptic , or ap- parent path of the sun ...
... given epoch has been chosen . The equinoctial , which is a great circle traced in the starry heavens by the imaginary extension of the plane of the terrestrial equator , is intersected by the ecliptic , or ap- parent path of the sun ...
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... given instant , called the longitude of the epoch , are necessary for finding the place of the body in its orbit at all times . A perfect knowledge of these seven elements is requisite , for as- certaining all the circumstances of ...
... given instant , called the longitude of the epoch , are necessary for finding the place of the body in its orbit at all times . A perfect knowledge of these seven elements is requisite , for as- certaining all the circumstances of ...
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