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Electro - Dynamics Reciprocal Action of Electric Currents — Identity of Electro - Dynamic Cylinders and Magnets — Differences between the Action of Voltaic Electricity and Electricity of Tension - Effects of a Voltaic Current Ampère's ...
Electro - Dynamics Reciprocal Action of Electric Currents — Identity of Electro - Dynamic Cylinders and Magnets — Differences between the Action of Voltaic Electricity and Electricity of Tension - Effects of a Voltaic Current Ampère's ...
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These effects result from the disturbing action of all the planets on each . ... 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 .
These effects result from the disturbing action of all the planets on each . ... 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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The tangential force sometimes accelerates the planet's motion , sometimes retards it , and occasionally has no effect at all . Were the orbits of both planets circular , a complete compensation would take place at each revolution ...
The tangential force sometimes accelerates the planet's motion , sometimes retards it , and occasionally has no effect at all . Were the orbits of both planets circular , a complete compensation would take place at each revolution ...
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... of the whole system are taken into account , every planet is acted upon , and does itself act , in this manner , on all the others ; and the joint effect keeps the inclinations and excentricities in a state of perpetual variation .
... of the whole system are taken into account , every planet is acted upon , and does itself act , in this manner , on all the others ; and the joint effect keeps the inclinations and excentricities in a state of perpetual variation .
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have the contrary effect . But the mass of the whole of the planets and satellites taken together is so small , when compared with that of the sun , that these effects are quite insensible , and could only have been discovered by theory ...
have the contrary effect . But the mass of the whole of the planets and satellites taken together is so small , when compared with that of the sun , that these effects are quite insensible , and could only have been discovered by theory ...
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