On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Ecliptic – Equinoxes - Mean and True Longitude clination of the Orbits of Planets Elements of an Orbit - Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits - Great In- clination of the Orbits of the New Planets - Universal Gravitation the Cause of ...
... Ecliptic – Equinoxes - Mean and True Longitude clination of the Orbits of Planets Elements of an Orbit - Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits - Great In- clination of the Orbits of the New Planets - Universal Gravitation the Cause of ...
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... Ecliptic - Equinoctial Equation of Centre - - In- Equinoxes Mean and True Longitude clination of the Orbits of Planets Celestial Latitude Nodes Elements of an Orbit - Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits Great In- clination of the Orbits of ...
... Ecliptic - Equinoctial Equation of Centre - - In- Equinoxes Mean and True Longitude clination of the Orbits of Planets Celestial Latitude Nodes Elements of an Orbit - Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits Great In- clination of the Orbits of ...
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... ecliptic in which the earth moves ; and , on that account , astronomers refer their mo- tions to this plane at a given epoch as a known and fixed position . The angular distance of a planet from the plane of the ecliptic is its latitude ...
... ecliptic in which the earth moves ; and , on that account , astronomers refer their mo- tions to this plane at a given epoch as a known and fixed position . The angular distance of a planet from the plane of the ecliptic is its latitude ...
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... ecliptic , cut it in straight lines , passing through the centre of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently - discovered planets deviate more from the ecliptic than those of the ancient planets : that of Pallas , for instance ...
... ecliptic , cut it in straight lines , passing through the centre of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently - discovered planets deviate more from the ecliptic than those of the ancient planets : that of Pallas , for instance ...
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... Ecliptic - Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable Stability of System - Effects of a Resisting Medium Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of the Universe - Great Inequality of Jupiter and Saturn . THE planets are subject to ...
... Ecliptic - Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable Stability of System - Effects of a Resisting Medium Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of the Universe - Great Inequality of Jupiter and Saturn . THE planets are subject to ...
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