On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & Bros., 1862 - 460 pages |
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... PHYSICAL SCIENCES . BY MARY SOMERVILLE . From the Seventh London Edition . 15 NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS . 329 & 331 PEARL STREET , FRANKLIN SQUARE . AORL VELLIITRA TRAOD JOOHOZ 159 569 1862- PREFACE . THE 1862 .
... PHYSICAL SCIENCES . BY MARY SOMERVILLE . From the Seventh London Edition . 15 NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS . 329 & 331 PEARL STREET , FRANKLIN SQUARE . AORL VELLIITRA TRAOD JOOHOZ 159 569 1862- PREFACE . THE 1862 .
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... square of the moon's distance ( N. 17 ) from the earth's center , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first second of her de- scent to the earth , were she not ...
... square of the moon's distance ( N. 17 ) from the earth's center , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first second of her de- scent to the earth , were she not ...
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... square of the distance , does not belong to it when con- sidered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law when at sensible distances from each other . If the sun acted on the center of the earth , with- out ...
... square of the distance , does not belong to it when con- sidered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law when at sensible distances from each other . If the sun acted on the center of the earth , with- out ...
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... as the square of the distance , or not , provided only that it be directed to the center of the sun . Hence the tangential force . not being directed to the center , occasions an unequable 14 SECT . III DISTURBING FORCES .
... as the square of the distance , or not , provided only that it be directed to the center of the sun . Hence the tangential force . not being directed to the center , occasions an unequable 14 SECT . III DISTURBING FORCES .
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... square of the distance , and that a force following any other law would cause the body to move in a curve of a very dif- ferent kind . Now , the radial disturbing force varies directly as the distance ; and , as it sometimes combines ...
... square of the distance , and that a force following any other law would cause the body to move in a curve of a very dif- ferent kind . Now , the radial disturbing force varies directly as the distance ; and , as it sometimes combines ...
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