On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... equator , the weight of the same body gradually decreases from the poles , where it is greatest , to the equator , where it is least . There is , however , a certain mean ( N. 12 ) latitude ( N. 13 ) , or part of the earth intermediate ...
... equator , the weight of the same body gradually decreases from the poles , where it is greatest , to the equator , where it is least . There is , however , a certain mean ( N. 12 ) latitude ( N. 13 ) , or part of the earth intermediate ...
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... equator , occasions considerable disturbances in the motions of both bodies ; for the action of the moon on the matter at the earth's equator produces a nutation ( N. 33 ) in the axis ( N. 34 ) of rotation , and the reaction of that ...
... equator , occasions considerable disturbances in the motions of both bodies ; for the action of the moon on the matter at the earth's equator produces a nutation ( N. 33 ) in the axis ( N. 34 ) of rotation , and the reaction of that ...
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... equator of the solar system , dividing it into two parts , which balance one another in all their motions . This plane of greatest inertia , by no means peculiar to the solar sys- tem , but existing in every system of bodies submitted ...
... equator of the solar system , dividing it into two parts , which balance one another in all their motions . This plane of greatest inertia , by no means peculiar to the solar sys- tem , but existing in every system of bodies submitted ...
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... equator and of the satellites . In fact , if the satellites moved exactly in the plane of Jupiter's equator , they would not be pulled out of that plane , because his attraction would be equal on both sides of it . But , as their orbits ...
... equator and of the satellites . In fact , if the satellites moved exactly in the plane of Jupiter's equator , they would not be pulled out of that plane , because his attraction would be equal on both sides of it . But , as their orbits ...
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... equator , also affect these small bodies ( N. 90 ) . The plane of Jupiter's equator is inclined to the plane of his orbit at an angle of 3 ° 5 ' 30 " , so that the action of the sun and of the satellites themselves produces a nutation ...
... equator , also affect these small bodies ( N. 90 ) . The plane of Jupiter's equator is inclined to the plane of his orbit at an angle of 3 ° 5 ' 30 " , so that the action of the sun and of the satellites themselves produces a nutation ...
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