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... insufficient without Observation Direction of the Tidal Wave — Height of Tides — Mass of Moon obtained from her Action on the Tides — Interference of Undulations - Impossibility of a Universal Inundation Currents 91 SECTION XIV .
... insufficient without Observation Direction of the Tidal Wave — Height of Tides — Mass of Moon obtained from her Action on the Tides — Interference of Undulations - Impossibility of a Universal Inundation Currents 91 SECTION XIV .
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Electricity produced by Rotation — Direction of the Currents — Electricity from the Rotation of a Magnet — M. Arago's Experiment explained Rotation of a Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet — Relation of Substances to Magnets of ...
Electricity produced by Rotation — Direction of the Currents — Electricity from the Rotation of a Magnet — M. Arago's Experiment explained Rotation of a Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet — Relation of Substances to Magnets of ...
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The sun rotates about an axis , and modern observations show that an impulse in a contrary direction has not been given to his centre of gravity , for he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system ...
The sun rotates about an axis , and modern observations show that an impulse in a contrary direction has not been given to his centre of gravity , for he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system ...
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Suppose two planets moving in ellipses round the sun ; if one of them attracted the other and the sun with equal intensity , and in parallel directions ( N. 62 ) , it would have no effect in disturbing the elliptical motion .
Suppose two planets moving in ellipses round the sun ; if one of them attracted the other and the sun with equal intensity , and in parallel directions ( N. 62 ) , it would have no effect in disturbing the elliptical motion .
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Such a vortex would have no effect on bodies moving with it , but it would influence the motions of those revolving in a contrary direction . It is possible that the disturbances experienced by comets , which have already revealed the ...
Such a vortex would have no effect on bodies moving with it , but it would influence the motions of those revolving in a contrary direction . It is possible that the disturbances experienced by comets , which have already revealed the ...
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