On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & Bros., 1862 - 460 pages |
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... circumstances , removed - The Disper- sion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory SECTION XXIV . 190 Chemical or Photographic Rays of the Solar Spectrum - Messrs . Scheele , Ritter , and Wollaston's Discoveries - Mr . Wedgewood and ...
... circumstances , removed - The Disper- sion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory SECTION XXIV . 190 Chemical or Photographic Rays of the Solar Spectrum - Messrs . Scheele , Ritter , and Wollaston's Discoveries - Mr . Wedgewood and ...
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... circumstance which greatly facili- tates the investigation of their . motions . Newton has shown that the force which retains the moon in her orbit , is the same with that which causes heavy substances to fall at the surface of the ...
... circumstance which greatly facili- tates the investigation of their . motions . Newton has shown that the force which retains the moon in her orbit , is the same with that which causes heavy substances to fall at the surface of the ...
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... circumstance which would in no way interfere with their relative motions ; for , in consequence of the principle , that force is proportional to velocity ( N. 37 ) , the reciprocal attractions SECT . I. 7 ROTATION AND TRANSLATION .
... circumstance which would in no way interfere with their relative motions ; for , in consequence of the principle , that force is proportional to velocity ( N. 37 ) , the reciprocal attractions SECT . I. 7 ROTATION AND TRANSLATION .
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... circumstances of undisturbed elliptical motion . By such means it is found , that the paths of the planets , when their mutual disturbances are omitted , are ellipses nearly approaching to circles , whose planes , slightly inclined to ...
... circumstances of undisturbed elliptical motion . By such means it is found , that the paths of the planets , when their mutual disturbances are omitted , are ellipses nearly approaching to circles , whose planes , slightly inclined to ...
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... circumstance which is independent of the law of the force , and would be the same whether it varied inversely as the square of the distance , or not , provided only that it be directed to the center of the sun . Hence the tangential ...
... circumstance which is independent of the law of the force , and would be the same whether it varied inversely as the square of the distance , or not , provided only that it be directed to the center of the sun . Hence the tangential ...
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