On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Nutation of Lunar Orbit - -Form and Internal Structure of the Earth determined from it Lunar , Solar , and Planetary Eclipses - Occulta- tions and Lunar Distances Mean Distance of the Sun from the Earth obtained from Lunar Theory ...
... Nutation of Lunar Orbit - -Form and Internal Structure of the Earth determined from it Lunar , Solar , and Planetary Eclipses - Occulta- tions and Lunar Distances Mean Distance of the Sun from the Earth obtained from Lunar Theory ...
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... Nutation ― Their Effects on the Apparent Places of the Fixed Stars 79 SECTION XII . Mean and Apparent Sidereal Time - Equation of Time - - - - - Mean and Apparent Solar Time · English and French Subdivisions of Time - Leap Equinoctial ...
... Nutation ― Their Effects on the Apparent Places of the Fixed Stars 79 SECTION XII . Mean and Apparent Sidereal Time - Equation of Time - - - - - Mean and Apparent Solar Time · English and French Subdivisions of Time - Leap Equinoctial ...
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... nutation ( N. 33 ) in the axis ( N. 34 ) of rotation , and the reaction 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 ...
... nutation ( N. 33 ) in the axis ( N. 34 ) of rotation , and the reaction 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 ...
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... nutation and precession ( N. 91 ) in his equator , precisely similar to that which takes place in the rotation of the earth , from the action of the sun and moon . Hence the protuberant matter at Jupiter's equator is continually ...
... nutation and precession ( N. 91 ) in his equator , precisely similar to that which takes place in the rotation of the earth , from the action of the sun and moon . Hence the protuberant matter at Jupiter's equator is continually ...
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... Nutation of Lunar Orbit - Form and Internal Structure of the Earth determined from it — Lunar , Solar , and Planetary Eclipses Occulta- tions and Lunar Distances Mean Distance of the Sun from the Earth obtained from Lunar Theory ...
... Nutation of Lunar Orbit - Form and Internal Structure of the Earth determined from it — Lunar , Solar , and Planetary Eclipses Occulta- tions and Lunar Distances Mean Distance of the Sun from the Earth obtained from Lunar Theory ...
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