On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page xi
... Length of Day constant - Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the varia- tion in the Excentricity of the Terrestrial Orbit - Difference in the Temperature of the two Hemispheres erroneously ascribed to the Excess in ...
... Length of Day constant - Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the varia- tion in the Excentricity of the Terrestrial Orbit - Difference in the Temperature of the two Hemispheres erroneously ascribed to the Excess in ...
Page xii
... Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours - Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Her- schel's Theory of the Absorption of Light - Refraction and Reflection of ...
... Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours - Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Her- schel's Theory of the Absorption of Light - Refraction and Reflection of ...
Page xiii
... Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Her- schel's Theory of the Absorption of Light - Refraction and Reflection of ...
... Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours Diffraction of Light -- Sir John Her- schel's Theory of the Absorption of Light - Refraction and Reflection of ...
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... length of the major axis , and the ex- centricity , which determine the form of the orbit ; the longitude of the planet when at its least distance from the sun , called the longitude of the perihelion ; the inclination of the orbit to ...
... length of the major axis , and the ex- centricity , which determine the form of the orbit ; the longitude of the planet when at its least distance from the sun , called the longitude of the perihelion ; the inclination of the orbit to ...
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... length of the major axis is not altered , the orbit only bulges out , or becomes more flat ( N. 70 ) . Thus the variation in the excen- tricity arises from the same cause that occasions the motion of the apsides ( N. 67 ) . There is an ...
... length of the major axis is not altered , the orbit only bulges out , or becomes more flat ( N. 70 ) . Thus the variation in the excen- tricity arises from the same cause that occasions the motion of the apsides ( N. 67 ) . There is an ...
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