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SECTION X. Rotation of the Earth invariable - Decrease in the Earth's mean Temperature — Earth originally in a state of Fusion -- Length of Day constant Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the variation in the ...
SECTION X. Rotation of the Earth invariable - Decrease in the Earth's mean Temperature — Earth originally in a state of Fusion -- Length of Day constant Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the variation in the ...
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Interference of Light - Undulatory Theory of Light Propagation of Light - Newton's Rings — Measurement of the Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour - Newton's Scale of Colours ...
Interference of Light - Undulatory Theory of Light Propagation of Light - Newton's Rings — Measurement of the Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour - Newton's Scale of Colours ...
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Interference of Light — Undulatory Theory of Light – Propagation of Light — Newton's Rings — Measurement of the Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours ...
Interference of Light — Undulatory Theory of Light – Propagation of Light — Newton's Rings — Measurement of the Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours ...
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These are , the length of the major axis , and the excentricity , 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 ...
These are , the length of the major axis , and the excentricity , 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 ...
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... the length of the major axis is not altered , the orbit only bulges out , or becomes more flat ( N. 70 ) . Thus the variation in the excentricity arises from the same cause that occasions the motion of the apsides ( N. 67 ) .
... the length of the major axis is not altered , the orbit only bulges out , or becomes more flat ( N. 70 ) . Thus the variation in the excentricity arises from the same cause that occasions the motion of the apsides ( N. 67 ) .
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