On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & Bros., 1862 - 460 pages |
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... less than 918 years . It The radial force , or that part of the disturbing force . which acts in the direction of the line joining the centers of the sun and disturbed planet , has no effect on the areas , but is the cause of periodical ...
... less than 918 years . It The radial force , or that part of the disturbing force . which acts in the direction of the line joining the centers of the sun and disturbed planet , has no effect on the areas , but is the cause of periodical ...
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... less than the law of gravity requires , the curvature of the planet's path is less than the cur- vature of the ellipse . So that the planet , on leaving its perihelion , would pass through more than 180 ° before arriving at its aphelion ...
... less than the law of gravity requires , the curvature of the planet's path is less than the cur- vature of the ellipse . So that the planet , on leaving its perihelion , would pass through more than 180 ° before arriving at its aphelion ...
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... less than 200,610 years to perform its sidereal revolution , and 22,748 years to accomplish its tropical revolution from the disturbing action of Saturn alone . A variation in the eccentricity of the disturbed planet's orbit , is an ...
... less than 200,610 years to perform its sidereal revolution , and 22,748 years to accomplish its tropical revolution from the disturbing action of Saturn alone . A variation in the eccentricity of the disturbed planet's orbit , is an ...
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... less than it was in the age of Ptolemy . But , in the midst of all these vicissitudes , the length of the major axis and the mean motions of the planets remain permanently independent of secular changes . They are so connected by ...
... less than it was in the age of Ptolemy . But , in the midst of all these vicissitudes , the length of the major axis and the mean motions of the planets remain permanently independent of secular changes . They are so connected by ...
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... less than that of Jupiter ; and as the compression of Jupiter's sphe- roid is so great , in consequence of his rapid rotation , that his equatorial diameter exceeds his polar diameter by no less than 6000 miles ; the immense quantity of ...
... less than that of Jupiter ; and as the compression of Jupiter's sphe- roid is so great , in consequence of his rapid rotation , that his equatorial diameter exceeds his polar diameter by no less than 6000 miles ; the immense quantity of ...
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