On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & brothers, 1846 - 460 pages |
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... Length of Day constant- Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the Variation in the Eccentricity of the Terrestrial Orbit - Difference in the Tempera- ture of the Two Hemispheres , erroneously ascribed to the Excess in ...
... Length of Day constant- Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the Variation in the Eccentricity of the Terrestrial Orbit - Difference in the Tempera- ture of the Two Hemispheres , erroneously ascribed to the Excess in ...
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... Lengths of the Seasons in the two Hemispheres - Application of Astronomy to Chro- nology - English and French Standards of Weights and Measures SECTION XIII . 77 Tides - Forces that produce them - Three kinds of Oscillations in the ...
... Lengths of the Seasons in the two Hemispheres - Application of Astronomy to Chro- nology - English and French Standards of Weights and Measures SECTION XIII . 77 Tides - Forces that produce them - Three kinds of Oscillations in the ...
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... Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Color - New- ton's Scale of Colors - Diffraction of Light - Sir John Herschel's Theory of the Absorption of Light - Refraction and Reflection of ...
... Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Color - New- ton's Scale of Colors - Diffraction of Light - Sir John Herschel's Theory of the Absorption of Light - Refraction and Reflection of ...
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... length of the major axis , and the eccentricity , which determine the form of the orbit : the longitude of the planet when at its least distance from the sun , called the longitude of the perihelion ; the inclination of the orbit to the ...
... length of the major axis , and the eccentricity , which determine the form of the orbit : the longitude of the planet when at its least distance from the sun , called the longitude of the perihelion ; the inclination of the orbit to the ...
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... length of the major axis is not altered , the orbit only bulges out , or becomes more flat ( N. 70 ) . Thus the variation in the eccentricity arises from the same cause that occasions the motion of the apsides ( N. 67 ) . There is an ...
... length of the major axis is not altered , the orbit only bulges out , or becomes more flat ( N. 70 ) . Thus the variation in the eccentricity arises from the same cause that occasions the motion of the apsides ( N. 67 ) . There is an ...
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