On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Mary Somerville. diameter . Such is the form of the earth and planets . The com- pression ( N. 31 ) or flattening at their poles is , however , so small , that even Jupiter , whose rotation is the most rapid , and there- fore the most ...
Mary Somerville. diameter . Such is the form of the earth and planets . The com- pression ( N. 31 ) or flattening at their poles is , however , so small , that even Jupiter , whose rotation is the most rapid , and there- fore the most ...
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... diameter of 90,734 miles , while that of Pallas , his nearest neighbour , is only 97 miles , little more than the distance from London to Bath . The diameter of Mars , on the other side of the small planets , is 4546 miles , and that of ...
... diameter of 90,734 miles , while that of Pallas , his nearest neighbour , is only 97 miles , little more than the distance from London to Bath . The diameter of Mars , on the other side of the small planets , is 4546 miles , and that of ...
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... diameters of the satellites are too small to be measured , yet their perturbations give the values of their masses with considerable accuracy — a striking proof of the power of analysis . A singular law obtains among the mean motions ...
... diameters of the satellites are too small to be measured , yet their perturbations give the values of their masses with considerable accuracy — a striking proof of the power of analysis . A singular law obtains among the mean motions ...
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... diameters , to the diameter of the equator , is 30.05 . It is proved analytically , that , if a fluid mass of homogeneous matter , whose particles attract each other inversely as the squares of the distance , were to 38 SECT . V ...
... diameters , to the diameter of the equator , is 30.05 . It is proved analytically , that , if a fluid mass of homogeneous matter , whose particles attract each other inversely as the squares of the distance , were to 38 SECT . V ...
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... diameter differs but little from his , but both are liable to such variations that they alternately surpass one another . Were the eye of a spectator centres of the sun and If the apparent diameter in the same straight line with the ...
... diameter differs but little from his , but both are liable to such variations that they alternately surpass one another . Were the eye of a spectator centres of the sun and If the apparent diameter in the same straight line with the ...
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