On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... nearly spherical , and at such remote distances from one another , that they attract and are attracted as if each were condensed into a single particle situate in its centre of gravity ( N. 10 ) —a circumstance which greatly facilitates ...
... nearly spherical , and at such remote distances from one another , that they attract and are attracted as if each were condensed into a single particle situate in its centre of gravity ( N. 10 ) —a circumstance which greatly facilitates ...
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... nearly approaching to circles , whose planes , slightly inclined to the ecliptic , cut it in straight lines , passing through the centre of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently - discovered planets deviate more from the ...
... nearly approaching to circles , whose planes , slightly inclined to the ecliptic , cut it in straight lines , passing through the centre of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently - discovered planets deviate more from the ...
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... nearly doubles the direct motion of these points . The motion of the apsides may be represented by supposing a planet to move in an ellipse , while the ellipse itself is slowly revolving about the sun in the same plane ( N. 67 ) . This ...
... nearly doubles the direct motion of these points . The motion of the apsides may be represented by supposing a planet to move in an ellipse , while the ellipse itself is slowly revolving about the sun in the same plane ( N. 67 ) . This ...
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... nearly circular ; when that curvature is less than it ought to be , the path of the planet falls without its elliptical orbit ( N. 66 ) , and the excentricity is increased ; during these changes , the length of the major axis is not ...
... nearly circular ; when that curvature is less than it ought to be , the path of the planet falls without its elliptical orbit ( N. 66 ) , and the excentricity is increased ; during these changes , the length of the major axis is not ...
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... of large numbers , it is assumed to be the unit of distance ; hence the mean distance of Mars is 1.52369 , or 1.5 nearly , that of the earth being = 1 . orbit is , no doubt , as stable as that SECT . III . 21 STABILITY OF SYSTEM .
... of large numbers , it is assumed to be the unit of distance ; hence the mean distance of Mars is 1.52369 , or 1.5 nearly , that of the earth being = 1 . orbit is , no doubt , as stable as that SECT . III . 21 STABILITY OF SYSTEM .
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