On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Comet Dis- turbing Action of the Earth and Planets on Encke's and Biela's Comets - Velocity of Comets - The Comet of 1264 - The great Comet of 1343- Physical Constitution - Shine by borrowed Light Estima- tion of their Number 358 ...
... Comet Dis- turbing Action of the Earth and Planets on Encke's and Biela's Comets - Velocity of Comets - The Comet of 1264 - The great Comet of 1343- Physical Constitution - Shine by borrowed Light Estima- tion of their Number 358 ...
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... comets also move in conic sections . It consequently follows that the sun attracts all the planets and comets inversely as the square of their distances from its centre ; the sun , therefore , is the centre of a force extending ...
... comets also move in conic sections . It consequently follows that the sun attracts all the planets and comets inversely as the square of their distances from its centre ; the sun , therefore , is the centre of a force extending ...
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... comets . By this problem the motions of translation of the celestial bodies are determined . It is an extremely difficult one , and would be infinitely more so if the disturbing action were not very small when compared with the central ...
... comets . By this problem the motions of translation of the celestial bodies are determined . It is an extremely difficult one , and would be infinitely more so if the disturbing action were not very small when compared with the central ...
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... comets , which have already revealed the existence of this medium , may also , in time , disclose its rotatory motion . The form and position of the planetary orbits , and the motion of the bodies in the same direction , together with ...
... comets , which have already revealed the existence of this medium , may also , in time , disclose its rotatory motion . The form and position of the planetary orbits , and the motion of the bodies in the same direction , together with ...
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... comets , or any unknown and unseen bodies , affect our sun and planets , the nodes of this plane will slowly recede on the plane of that im- mense orbit which the sun may describe about some most distant centre , in a period which it ...
... comets , or any unknown and unseen bodies , affect our sun and planets , the nodes of this plane will slowly recede on the plane of that im- mense orbit which the sun may describe about some most distant centre , in a period which it ...
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