On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & Bros., 1862 - 460 pages |
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... Hemispheres , erroneously ascribed to the Excess in the Length of Spring and Summer in the Southern Hemisphere ; attributed by Mr. Lyell to the Operation of existing Causes - Three Principal Axes of Rotation - Position of the Axis of ...
... Hemispheres , erroneously ascribed to the Excess in the Length of Spring and Summer in the Southern Hemisphere ; attributed by Mr. Lyell to the Operation of existing Causes - Three Principal Axes of Rotation - Position of the Axis of ...
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... 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 Ocean -The Semidiurnal Tides ...
... 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 Ocean -The Semidiurnal Tides ...
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... hemisphere ; and the autumnal , that in which he crosses from the northern to the southern . mean or circular motion of a body , estimated from the vernal equinox , is its mean longitude ; and its elliptical , or true motion , reckoned ...
... hemisphere ; and the autumnal , that in which he crosses from the northern to the southern . mean or circular motion of a body , estimated from the vernal equinox , is its mean longitude ; and its elliptical , or true motion , reckoned ...
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... hemisphere . The descending node is a corresponding point in the plane of the ecliptic diametrically opposite to the other , through which the planet descends in going from the northern to the southern hemisphere . The longitude and ...
... hemisphere . The descending node is a corresponding point in the plane of the ecliptic diametrically opposite to the other , through which the planet descends in going from the northern to the southern hemisphere . The longitude and ...
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... hemisphere , toward us , which makes her rotation participate in the secular variations of her mean motion of revolution . Even if the angular velocities of rotation and revolution had not been nicely balanced in the beginning of the ...
... hemisphere , toward us , which makes her rotation participate in the secular variations of her mean motion of revolution . Even if the angular velocities of rotation and revolution had not been nicely balanced in the beginning of the ...
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