On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & brothers, 1846 - 460 pages |
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... greater or less than what is requisite for perfectly elliptical motion . When greater , the SECT . III . 15 MOTION OF THE APSIDES .
... greater or less than what is requisite for perfectly elliptical motion . When greater , the SECT . III . 15 MOTION OF THE APSIDES .
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Mary Somerville. requisite for perfectly elliptical motion . When greater , the curvature of the disturbed planet's path on leaving its perihelion ( N. 64 ) , or point nearest the sun , is greater than it would be in the ellipse , which ...
Mary Somerville. requisite for perfectly elliptical motion . When greater , the curvature of the disturbed planet's path on leaving its perihelion ( N. 64 ) , or point nearest the sun , is greater than it would be in the ellipse , which ...
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... greater axes of the orbits of all his satellites , which is more rapid the nearer the satellite is to the planet , and very much greater than that part of their motion which arises from the disturbing action of the sun . The same cause ...
... greater axes of the orbits of all his satellites , which is more rapid the nearer the satellite is to the planet , and very much greater than that part of their motion which arises from the disturbing action of the sun . The same cause ...
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... greater and more numerous ; because the sun is so large , that many inequalities which are quite insensible in the motions of the planets , are of great magnitude in those of the moon . Among the in- numerable periodic inequalities to ...
... greater and more numerous ; because the sun is so large , that many inequalities which are quite insensible in the motions of the planets , are of great magnitude in those of the moon . Among the in- numerable periodic inequalities to ...
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... greater eccentricity than modern astronomers assign to it . The planets disturb the motion of the moon both directly and indirectly : their action on the earth alters its relative position with regard to the sun and moon , and occasions ...
... greater eccentricity than modern astronomers assign to it . The planets disturb the motion of the moon both directly and indirectly : their action on the earth alters its relative position with regard to the sun and moon , and occasions ...
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