On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Latitude - Nodes - Elliptical Motion - Mean and True Motion -- Equinoctial — Ecliptic – Equinoxes - Mean and True Longitude clination of the Orbits of Planets Elements of an Orbit - Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits - Great In- clination ...
... Latitude - Nodes - Elliptical Motion - Mean and True Motion -- Equinoctial — Ecliptic – Equinoxes - Mean and True Longitude clination of the Orbits of Planets Elements of an Orbit - Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits - Great In- clination ...
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... latitude ( N. 13 ) , or part of the earth intermediate between the pole and the equator , where the attraction of the earth on bodies at its surface is the same as if it were a sphere ; and experience shows that bodies there fall ...
... latitude ( N. 13 ) , or part of the earth intermediate between the pole and the equator , where the attraction of the earth on bodies at its surface is the same as if it were a sphere ; and experience shows that bodies there fall ...
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... Latitude Nodes Elements of an Orbit - Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits Great In- clination of the Orbits of the New Planets Universal Gravitation the -- - Cause of Perturbations in the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies - Problem of the ...
... Latitude Nodes Elements of an Orbit - Undisturbed or Elliptical Orbits Great In- clination of the Orbits of the New Planets Universal Gravitation the -- - Cause of Perturbations in the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies - Problem of the ...
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... latitude ( N. 54 ) , which is south or north according as the planet is south or north of that plane . When the planet is in the plane of the ecliptic , its latitude is zero ; it is then said to be in its nodes ( N. 55 ) . The ascending ...
... latitude ( N. 54 ) , which is south or north according as the planet is south or north of that plane . When the planet is in the plane of the ecliptic , its latitude is zero ; it is then said to be in its nodes ( N. 55 ) . The ascending ...
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... Latitude , and Secular Variations in the Position of the Orbit with regard to the Plane of the Ecliptic - Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable Stability of System - Effects of a Resisting Medium Invariable Plane of the Solar System and ...
... Latitude , and Secular Variations in the Position of the Orbit with regard to the Plane of the Ecliptic - Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable Stability of System - Effects of a Resisting Medium Invariable Plane of the Solar System and ...
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