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INTRODUCTION Page 1 SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere โ Form of Celestial Bodies โ Terrest 11 Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit - The Heavenly Bodie move in Conic Sections - Gravitation Proportional to Mass- Gravitation of the ...
INTRODUCTION Page 1 SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere โ Form of Celestial Bodies โ Terrest 11 Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit - The Heavenly Bodie move in Conic Sections - Gravitation Proportional to Mass- Gravitation of the ...
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The magnitude and splendour of the objects , the inconceivable rapidity with which they move , and the enormous distances between them , impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions , with a ...
The magnitude and splendour of the objects , the inconceivable rapidity with which they move , and the enormous distances between them , impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions , with a ...
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SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere โ Form of Celestial Bodies Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit ยท The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass Gravitation of the Particles of Matter ...
SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere โ Form of Celestial Bodies Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit ยท The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass Gravitation of the Particles of Matter ...
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Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ( N. 22 ) , if attracted by a force proceeding from a fixed point , with an intensity inversely as the square of the distance ( N.
Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ( N. 22 ) , if attracted by a force proceeding from a fixed point , with an intensity inversely as the square of the distance ( N.
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... of that matter on the moon is the cause of a corresponding nutation in the lunar orbit ( N. 35 ) . If a sphere at rest in space receive an impulse passing through its centre of gravity , all its parts will move with an equal ...
... of that matter on the moon is the cause of a corresponding nutation in the lunar orbit ( N. 35 ) . If a sphere at rest in space receive an impulse passing through its centre of gravity , all its parts will move with an equal ...
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