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... occasions the fall of bodies at the earth's surface , is identical with that which retains the moon in her orbit :; and induction led him to conclude , that , as the moon is kept in her orbit by the attraction of the earth , so the ...
... occasions the fall of bodies at the earth's surface , is identical with that which retains the moon in her orbit :; and induction led him to conclude , that , as the moon is kept in her orbit by the attraction of the earth , so the ...
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... occasions considerable disturbances in the motions of both bodies : for the action of the moon , on the matter at the earth's equator , produces a nutation in the axis of rotation , and the reaction of that matter on the moon is the ...
... occasions considerable disturbances in the motions of both bodies : for the action of the moon , on the matter at the earth's equator , produces a nutation in the axis of rotation , and the reaction of that matter on the moon is the ...
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... occasions the orbits of the satellites to remain nearly in the plane of Jupiter's equator , on account of which they are always seen nearly in the same line ; and the powerful action of that quantity of prominent matter is the reason ...
... occasions the orbits of the satellites to remain nearly in the plane of Jupiter's equator , on account of which they are always seen nearly in the same line ; and the powerful action of that quantity of prominent matter is the reason ...
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... occasion a change in the directions and intensities of the forces , which will affect the motions and orbits of the satellites . For this 3 PHYSICAL SCIENCES . 25 revolution in 521 years, while those of Jupiter's orbit ...
... occasion a change in the directions and intensities of the forces , which will affect the motions and orbits of the satellites . For this 3 PHYSICAL SCIENCES . 25 revolution in 521 years, while those of Jupiter's orbit ...
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... occasion secular inequalities in the mean motions of the satellites , and in the motions of the nodes and apsides of their orbits . The displacement of the orbit of Jupiter , and the variation in the position of his equator , also ...
... occasion secular inequalities in the mean motions of the satellites , and in the motions of the nodes and apsides of their orbits . The displacement of the orbit of Jupiter , and the variation in the position of his equator , also ...
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Page 20 - That day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fixed, in all her wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentrick, intervolved, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted.
Page 316 - Bacon, that the words of prophecy are to be interpreted as the words of one 'with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years.
Page 10 - Kepler also deduced from observation, that the squares of the periodic times of the planets, or the times of their revolutions round the sun, are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from...
Page 28 - His true position is in the diagonal of the parallelogram, whose sides are in the ratio of the velocity of light to the velocity of the earth in its orbit, which is as 190000 to 19.
Page 298 - Jupiter ; it then gradually diminished in splendour, and, having exhibited all the variety of tints that indicate the changes of combustion, vanished sixteen months after its discovery, without altering its position. It is impossible to imagine anything more tremendous than a conflagration that could be visible at such a distance.
Page 296 - The distance of the fixed stars is too great to admit of their exhibiting a sensible disc ; but, in all probability, they are spherical, and must certainly be so if gravitation pervades all space, which it may be presumed to do, since Sir John Herschel has shown that it extends to the binary systems of stars.
Page 318 - These formulae, emblematic of Omniscience, condense into a few symbols the immutable laws of the universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms, which have eternally existed in Him who implanted them in the breast of man when He created him after His own image.
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| Title | The Connection of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Publisher | Key and Biddle, 1834 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 26 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 356 pages |
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