 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 704 pages
...njs of light. From the mean quantity of this difference he ingeniously foand, that the ratio ofthe velocity of light to the velocity of the earth in its orbit, was as 10,313 to 1, or that tight moves 10,313 times faster than the earth moves in its orbit about... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...motion of the rays of light. From the mean quantity of this difference he ingeniously found, that ihe ratio of the velocity of light to the velocity of the earth in its orbit, was as 10;) 13 to I, nr that light moves 10313 times faster than the earth moves in its orbit abtut... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 406 pages
...the progressive rays of light. From the mean quantity of this difference, he ingeniously found, that the ratio of the velocity of light, to the velocity of the earth in its orbit, was as 10,313 to 1, or that light moves 10,313 times faster than the earth moves in its orbit about... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 406 pages
...progressive rays of light. From the mean quantity of this difference, he ingeniously found, I hiit the ratio of the velocity of light, to the velocity of the earth in its orbit, was as 10,313 to 1, or that light moves 10,313 times faster than the earth moves in its orbit about... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1831 - 710 pages
...refer Jupiter to a place in which he is not. His true position is in the diagonal of the parallelogram, whose sides are in the ratio of the velocity of light...the velocity of the earth in its orbit, which is as 192000 to 19. In consequence of aberration, none of the heavenly bodies are in the place in which they... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1834 - 666 pages
...refer Jupiter to a place in which he is not. His true position is in the diagonal of the parallelogram, whose sides are in the ratio of the velocity of light...the earth were at rest, rays from a star would pass along the axis of a telescope directed to it : but if the earth were to begin to move in its orbit,... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1835 - 532 pages
...Jupiter to a place in which he is not. His true position is in the diagonal1 of the parallelogram, whose sides are in the ratio of the velocity of light...the velocity of the earth in its orbit, which is as 190,000 to 19, or 10,000 to 1. In consequence of the aberration of light, the heavenly bodies seem... | |
 | John Narrien - 1845 - 484 pages
...visible, and s' becomes the apparent place of the star. Now the ratio of M E' to E E' is equal to that of the velocity of light to the velocity of the earth in its orbit ; and (PL Trigon., art. 57.) ME' : BE' :: sin. MEE' : sin EME'. But the angle MEE' may be considered... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1849 - 568 pages
...Jupiter to a place in which he is not. His true position is in the diagonal (N. 97) of the parallelogram, whose sides are in the ratio of the velocity of light...the velocity of the earth in its orbit, which is as 190,000 to 19, or 10,000 to 1. In consequence of the aberration of light, the heavenly bodies seem... | |
 | Agnes Mary Clerke - 1890 - 496 pages
...aberration, is to make them appear to describe little ellipses, the semi-axes of which depend upon the ratio of the velocity of light to the velocity of the earth in its orbit. But the sun's orbital movement being conducted, so far as experience yet goes, in one direction, the... | |
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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. 
