On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & Bros., 1862 - 460 pages |
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... separated from the apparent motions of the planets ; the laws of the planetary revolutions have been discovered ; and the discovery of these laws has led to the knowledge of the gravitation ( N. 5 ) of matter . On the other hand ...
... separated from the apparent motions of the planets ; the laws of the planetary revolutions have been discovered ; and the discovery of these laws has led to the knowledge of the gravitation ( N. 5 ) of matter . On the other hand ...
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... separated by long periods . The difficulty was in part obviated , and the principle for accomplishing it established , by La Place , and has since been extended by M. Poinsot . It appears that there exists an invariable plane ( N. 80 ) ...
... separated by long periods . The difficulty was in part obviated , and the principle for accomplishing it established , by La Place , and has since been extended by M. Poinsot . It appears that there exists an invariable plane ( N. 80 ) ...
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... separated by inter- stices , owing to the repulsive principle that maintains them at extremely minute distances from one another . It is evident that the smaller the interstitial spaces the greater the density . These spaces appear in ...
... separated by inter- stices , owing to the repulsive principle that maintains them at extremely minute distances from one another . It is evident that the smaller the interstitial spaces the greater the density . These spaces appear in ...
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... separated by sensible dis- tances ; and as they repel each other when they are inappreciably near , it recently occurred to Professor Mossotti of Pisa , that there might be some intermedi- ate distance at which the particles might ...
... separated by sensible dis- tances ; and as they repel each other when they are inappreciably near , it recently occurred to Professor Mossotti of Pisa , that there might be some intermedi- ate distance at which the particles might ...
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... separated by finite or sensible distances , it varies directly as their mass and inversely as the squares of the distance , which is precisely the law of universal gravitation . Thus on the hypothesis that the mutual repulsion between ...
... separated by finite or sensible distances , it varies directly as their mass and inversely as the squares of the distance , which is precisely the law of universal gravitation . Thus on the hypothesis that the mutual repulsion between ...
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