On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & brothers, 1846 - 460 pages |
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... Laws among the Motions of the first three Satellites - Eclipses of the Satellites - Velocity of Light -Aberration - Ethereal Medium - Satellites of Saturn and Uranus 26 SECTION V. Lunar Theory - Periodic Perturbations of the Moon a 2.
... Laws among the Motions of the first three Satellites - Eclipses of the Satellites - Velocity of Light -Aberration - Ethereal Medium - Satellites of Saturn and Uranus 26 SECTION V. Lunar Theory - Periodic Perturbations of the Moon a 2.
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... Velocity of Sound in Air , Water , and Solids - Causes of the Obstruction of Sound - Law of its Intensity - Reflection of Sound -Echoes - Thunder - Refraction of Sound - Interference of Sounds 122 SECTION XVII . Vibration of Musical ...
... Velocity of Sound in Air , Water , and Solids - Causes of the Obstruction of Sound - Law of its Intensity - Reflection of Sound -Echoes - Thunder - Refraction of Sound - Interference of Sounds 122 SECTION XVII . Vibration of Musical ...
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... Velocity - Phosphorescence - Phosphorescent Action of Solar Spectrum - Aurora SECTION XXIX . 271 Voltaic Electricity - The Voltaic Battery - Intensity - Quantity - Compari- son of the Electricity of Tension with Electricity in Motion ...
... Velocity - Phosphorescence - Phosphorescent Action of Solar Spectrum - Aurora SECTION XXIX . 271 Voltaic Electricity - The Voltaic Battery - Intensity - Quantity - Compari- son of the Electricity of Tension with Electricity in Motion ...
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... Velocity of Comets - The Great Comet of 1843 - Physical Con- stitution - Shine by borrowed Light - Estimation of their Number . 337 SECTION XXXVII . The Fixed Stars - Their Numbers - Estimation of their Distances and Magnitudes from ...
... Velocity of Comets - The Great Comet of 1843 - Physical Con- stitution - Shine by borrowed Light - Estimation of their Number . 337 SECTION XXXVII . The Fixed Stars - Their Numbers - Estimation of their Distances and Magnitudes from ...
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... Velocity - Simplicity of its Laws - Gravitation independent of the Magnitude and Distances of the Bodies - Not impeded by the Intervention of any Substance -- Its Intensity invariable - General Laws - Recapitulation and Conclusion 386 ...
... Velocity - Simplicity of its Laws - Gravitation independent of the Magnitude and Distances of the Bodies - Not impeded by the Intervention of any Substance -- Its Intensity invariable - General Laws - Recapitulation and Conclusion 386 ...
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