On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1834 - 458 pages |
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... matter should reciprocally act upon matter . Physical astronomy is the science which com- pares and identifies the laws of motion observed on earth with the motions that take place in the heavens ; and which traces , by an uninterrupted ...
... matter should reciprocally act upon matter . Physical astronomy is the science which com- pares and identifies the laws of motion observed on earth with the motions that take place in the heavens ; and which traces , by an uninterrupted ...
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... matter . On the other hand , de- scending from the principle of gravitation , every motion in the solar system has been so completely explained , that the account of no astronomical phenomenon can now be transmitted to posterity of ...
... matter . On the other hand , de- scending from the principle of gravitation , every motion in the solar system has been so completely explained , that the account of no astronomical phenomenon can now be transmitted to posterity of ...
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... matter , placed without the surface of a hollow sphere , is attracted by it in the same manner as if the mass of the hollow sphere , or the whole matter it contains , were collected in its centre . The same is , therefore , true of a ...
... matter , placed without the surface of a hollow sphere , is attracted by it in the same manner as if the mass of the hollow sphere , or the whole matter it contains , were collected in its centre . The same is , therefore , true of a ...
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... matter , directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law when at sensible ...
... matter , directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law when at sensible ...
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... matter at the earth's equator , produces a nutation in the axis of rotation , and the reaction of that matter on the moon is the cause of a cor- responding nutation in the lunar orbit . If a sphere , at rest in space , receive an ...
... matter at the earth's equator , produces a nutation in the axis of rotation , and the reaction of that matter on the moon is the cause of a cor- responding nutation in the lunar orbit . If a sphere , at rest in space , receive an ...
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Page 29 - ... that the mean longitude of the first satellite, minus three times that of the second, plus twice that of the third, is always equal to two right angles.
Page 20 - In song and dance about the sacred Hill — Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets and of fixed in all her wheels Resembles nearest; mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted.
Page 21 - that must render the name for ever memorable in science, and revered by those who delight in the contemplation of whatever is excellent and sublime." After Newton's discovery of the mechanical laws of the elliptical orbits of the planets, La Grange's discovery of their periodical inequalities is, without doubt, the noblest truth in physical astronomy ; and, in respect of the doctrine of final causes, it may be regarded as the greatest of all.
Page 386 - Jupiter ; it then gradually diminished in splendor, and having exhibited all the variety of tints that indicate the changes of combustion, vanished sixteen months after its discovery, without altering its position. It is impossible to imagine anything more tremendous than a conflagration that could be visible at such a distance.
Page 110 - D'Alembert, was the Precession of the equinoxes and the Nutation of the earth's axis, according to the theory of gravitation.
Page 310 - ... that is, in the plane which passes through the north and south magnetic poles. There are places where the magnetic meridian coincides with the terrestrial meridian ; in these a magnetic needle freely suspended, points to the true north, but if it be carried successively to different places on the earth's surface, its direction will deviate sometimes to the east and sometimes to the west of north. Lines drawn on the globe through all the places where the needle points due north and south, are...
Page 357 - Hence arises still further confirmation, if any were required, of the identity of common and voltaic electricity, and that the differences of intensity and quantity are quite sufficient to account for what were supposed to be their distinctive qualities.
Page 175 - ... follows, that the orange and green rays of the spectrum, though they cannot be decomposed by prismatic refraction, can be decomposed by absorption, and actually consist of two different colours possessing the same degree of refrangibility.
Page 51 - ... solid parts, by their cohesion, nearly destroy that part of the centrifugal force which gives the particles a tendency to accumulate at the equator, though not altogether ; otherwise the sea, by the superior mobility of its particles, would flow towards the equator and leave the poles dry. Besides, it is well known, that the continents at the equator are more elevated than they are in higher latitudes. It is also necessary for the equilibrium of the ocean, that its density should be less than...