On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Distances Mean Distance of the Sun from the Earth obtained from Lunar Theory - Absolute Distances of the Planets , how found - - - - 34 SECTION VI . - Form of the Earth and Planets- Figure of a Homogeneous Spheroid in Rotation - Figure ...
... Distances Mean Distance of the Sun from the Earth obtained from Lunar Theory - Absolute Distances of the Planets , how found - - - - 34 SECTION VI . - Form of the Earth and Planets- Figure of a Homogeneous Spheroid in Rotation - Figure ...
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... distances between them , impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions , with ... distance of the sun and planets , and make the diameter ( Note 1 ) of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by ...
... distances between them , impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions , with ... distance of the sun and planets , and make the diameter ( Note 1 ) of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by ...
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... distances from one another , that they attract and are attracted as if each were condensed into a single particle ... distance ( N. 14 ) of the moon from the earth is about sixty times the mean radius ( N. 15 ) of the earth . When the ...
... distances from one another , that they attract and are attracted as if each were condensed into a single particle ... distance ( N. 14 ) of the moon from the earth is about sixty times the mean radius ( N. 15 ) of the earth . When the ...
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... distance ( N. 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first second of her descent to the earth , were she not prevented by the centrifugal ...
... distance ( N. 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first second of her descent to the earth , were she not prevented by the centrifugal ...
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... distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law when at sensible distances from each other . If the sun acted on the centre of the earth , without attracting each of ...
... distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law when at sensible distances from each other . If the sun acted on the centre of the earth , without attracting each of ...
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