On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... miles from its centre . Since the motions of rotation and translation of the planets are independent of each other , though probably communicated by the same impulse , they form separate subjects of investigation . Elliptical Motion ...
... miles from its centre . Since the motions of rotation and translation of the planets are independent of each other , though probably communicated by the same impulse , they form separate subjects of investigation . Elliptical Motion ...
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... miles annually ; and , if it were to decrease equably , it would be 39,861 years before the earth's orbit became a circle . The mutual action of Jupiter and Saturn occasions variations in the excentricity of both orbits , the greatest ...
... miles annually ; and , if it were to decrease equably , it would be 39,861 years before the earth's orbit became a circle . The mutual action of Jupiter and Saturn occasions variations in the excentricity of both orbits , the greatest ...
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... miles , while that of Pallas , his nearest neighbour , is only 97 miles , little more than the distance from London to Bath . The diameter of Mars , on the other side of the small planets , is 4546 miles , and that of the earth 7925 miles ...
... miles , while that of Pallas , his nearest neighbour , is only 97 miles , little more than the distance from London to Bath . The diameter of Mars , on the other side of the small planets , is 4546 miles , and that of the earth 7925 miles ...
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... miles ; the immense quantity of prominent matter at his equator must soon have given the circular form observed in the orbits of the first and second satellites , which its superior attraction will always maintain . The third and fourth ...
... miles ; the immense quantity of prominent matter at his equator must soon have given the circular form observed in the orbits of the first and second satellites , which its superior attraction will always maintain . The third and fourth ...
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... miles ; whence it is estimated that light travels at the rate of 192,000 miles in one second . Such is its velocity , that the earth , moving at the rate of nineteen miles in a second , would take two months to pass through a distance ...
... miles ; whence it is estimated that light travels at the rate of 192,000 miles in one second . Such is its velocity , that the earth , moving at the rate of nineteen miles in a second , would take two months to pass through a distance ...
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