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... and of the Jovial System Mass of the Moon - Real Diameters of Planets , how obtained - Size of Sun , Densities of the Heavenly Bodies — Formation of Astronomical Tables — Requisite Data and Means of obtaining them 55 SECTION IX .
... and of the Jovial System Mass of the Moon - Real Diameters of Planets , how obtained - Size of Sun , Densities of the Heavenly Bodies — Formation of Astronomical Tables — Requisite Data and Means of obtaining them 55 SECTION IX .
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... globe he inhabits as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets , and make the diameter ( Note 1 ) of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament .
... globe he inhabits as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets , and make the diameter ( Note 1 ) of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament .
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... bear about the same proportion to the earth that a grain of sand does to a globe three feet in > diameter . Such is the form of the earth 6 Sect . I. FORMS OF THE PLANETS .
... bear about the same proportion to the earth that a grain of sand does to a globe three feet in > diameter . Such is the form of the earth 6 Sect . I. FORMS OF THE PLANETS .
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diameter . Such is the form of the earth and planets . The compression ( N. 31 ) or flattening at their poles is , however , so small , that even Jupiter , whose rotation is the most rapid , and therefore the most elliptical of the ...
diameter . Such is the form of the earth and planets . The compression ( N. 31 ) or flattening at their poles is , however , so small , that even Jupiter , whose rotation is the most rapid , and therefore the most elliptical of the ...
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The diameter of Mars , on the other side of the small planets , is 4546 miles , and that of the earth 7925 miles , so that the telescopic group are too minute to disturb the others . M. Le Verrier found another zone of instability ...
The diameter of Mars , on the other side of the small planets , is 4546 miles , and that of the earth 7925 miles , so that the telescopic group are too minute to disturb the others . M. Le Verrier found another zone of instability ...
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 12 Apr 2012 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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