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Electricity produced by Rotation — Direction of the Currents — Electricity from the Rotation of a Magnet — M. Arago's Experiment explained Rotation of a Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet — Relation of Substances to Magnets of ...
Electricity produced by Rotation — Direction of the Currents — Electricity from the Rotation of a Magnet — M. Arago's Experiment explained Rotation of a Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet — Relation of Substances to Magnets of ...
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But , as our planet is flattened at the poles ( N. 11 ) , and bulges at the equator , the weight of the same body ... or part of the earth intermediate between the pole and the equator , where the attraction of the earth on bodies at ...
But , as our planet is flattened at the poles ( N. 11 ) , and bulges at the equator , the weight of the same body ... or part of the earth intermediate between the pole and the equator , where the attraction of the earth on bodies at ...
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The compression ( N. 31 ) or flattening at their poles is , however , so small , that even Jupiter , whose rotation is the most rapid , and therefore the most elliptical of the planets , may , from his great distance , be regarded as ...
The compression ( N. 31 ) or flattening at their poles is , however , so small , that even Jupiter , whose rotation is the most rapid , and therefore the most elliptical of the planets , may , from his great distance , be regarded as ...
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... the motion of the earth in its orbit ; and its rotation is proved by the theory of falling bodies , since the centrifugal force it induces retards the oscillations of the pendulum ( N. 100 ) in going from the pole to the equator .
... the motion of the earth in its orbit ; and its rotation is proved by the theory of falling bodies , since the centrifugal force it induces retards the oscillations of the pendulum ( N. 100 ) in going from the pole to the equator .
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And , as its intensity diminishes with the distance from the axis of rotation , it decreases from the equator to the poles , where it ceases . Now it is clear that these two forces are in direct opposition to each other in the equator ...
And , as its intensity diminishes with the distance from the axis of rotation , it decreases from the equator to the poles , where it ceases . Now it is clear that these two forces are in direct opposition to each other in the equator ...
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 12 Apr 2012 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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