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... and is as sensible in the descent of a rain - drop as in the falls of Niagara ; in the weight of the air , as in the periods of the moon . Gravitation not only binds satellites to their planet , and planets to the sun , but it ...
... and is as sensible in the descent of a rain - drop as in the falls of Niagara ; in the weight of the air , as in the periods of the moon . Gravitation not only binds satellites to their planet , and planets to the sun , but it ...
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Thus , experience teaches that bodies fall at the surface of the earth with an accelerated velocity , and with a force proportional to their masses . By comparison , Newton proved that the force which occasions the fall of bodies at the ...
Thus , experience teaches that bodies fall at the surface of the earth with an accelerated velocity , and with a force proportional to their masses . By comparison , Newton proved that the force which occasions the fall of bodies at the ...
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... causes heavy substances to fall at the surface of the earth . If the earth were a sphere , and at rest , a body would be equally attracted , that is , it would have the same weight at every point of its surface , because the surface ...
... causes heavy substances to fall at the surface of the earth . If the earth were a sphere , and at rest , a body would be equally attracted , that is , it would have the same weight at every point of its surface , because the surface ...
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minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's 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 ...
minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's 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 ...
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Should the force in the tangent cease , the planet would fall to the sun by its gravity . Were the sun not to attract it , the planet would fly off in the tangento Thus , when the planet is at the point of its orbit farthest from the ...
Should the force in the tangent cease , the planet would fall to the sun by its gravity . Were the sun not to attract it , the planet would fly off in the tangento Thus , when the planet is at the point of its orbit farthest from the ...
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 12 Apr 2012 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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