On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & brothers, 1846 - 460 pages |
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... passing along the Optic Axis - Polarization by Reflection 172 SECTION XXII . Phenomena exhibited by the passage of Polarized Light through Mica and Sulphate of Lime - The Colored Images produced by Polarized Light passing through ...
... passing along the Optic Axis - Polarization by Reflection 172 SECTION XXII . Phenomena exhibited by the passage of Polarized Light through Mica and Sulphate of Lime - The Colored Images produced by Polarized Light passing through ...
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... passing through its center of gravity , all its parts will move with an equal velocity in a straight line ; but if the impulse does not pass though the center of gravity , its particles , having unequal velocities , will have a rotatory ...
... passing through its center of gravity , all its parts will move with an equal velocity in a straight line ; but if the impulse does not pass though the center of gravity , its particles , having unequal velocities , will have a rotatory ...
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... passes , in going from the southern to the northern hemisphere ; and the autumnal , that in which he crosses from the northern to the southern . The mean or circular motion of a body , estimated from the vernal equinox , is its mean ...
... passes , in going from the southern to the northern hemisphere ; and the autumnal , that in which he crosses from the northern to the southern . The mean or circular motion of a body , estimated from the vernal equinox , is its mean ...
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... passes , in going from the southern to the northern hemisphere . The descending node is a corresponding point in the ... passing through the center of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently discovered planets deviate more from ...
... passes , in going from the southern to the northern hemisphere . The descending node is a corresponding point in the ... passing through the center of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently discovered planets deviate more from ...
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... passing through the center of gravity of the system , about which the whole oscillates within very narrow limits , and that this plane will always remain parallel to itself , whatever changes time may induce in the orbits of the planets ...
... passing through the center of gravity of the system , about which the whole oscillates within very narrow limits , and that this plane will always remain parallel to itself , whatever changes time may induce in the orbits of the planets ...
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