On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... round Argûs - Consti- tution of Nebulæ , and the Forces that maintain them- Shooting Stars - - Globular Clusters- Nebulæ - - - - Meteorites and Page 384 SECTION XXXVII . Diffusion of Matter through Space - Gravitation - Its Velocity ...
... round Argûs - Consti- tution of Nebulæ , and the Forces that maintain them- Shooting Stars - - Globular Clusters- Nebulæ - - - - Meteorites and Page 384 SECTION XXXVII . Diffusion of Matter through Space - Gravitation - Its Velocity ...
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... round the sun . Later observations show that comets also move in conic sections . It consequently follows that the sun attracts all the planets and comets inversely as the square of their distances from its centre ; the sun , therefore ...
... round the sun . Later observations show that comets also move in conic sections . It consequently follows that the sun attracts all the planets and comets inversely as the square of their distances from its centre ; the sun , therefore ...
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... round the sun at its mean distance , the motion would be uniform , and the periodic time unaltered , be- cause the planet would arrive at the extremities of the major axis at the same instant , and would have the same velocity , whether ...
... round the sun at its mean distance , the motion would be uniform , and the periodic time unaltered , be- cause the planet would arrive at the extremities of the major axis at the same instant , and would have the same velocity , whether ...
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... round the second body by a third-- . a problem equally applicable to planets , satellites , and comets . By this problem the motions of translation of the celestial bodies are determined . It is an extremely difficult one , and would be ...
... round the second body by a third-- . a problem equally applicable to planets , satellites , and comets . By this problem the motions of translation of the celestial bodies are determined . It is an extremely difficult one , and would be ...
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... round the sun ; if one of them attracted the other and the sun with equal intensity , and in parallel directions ( N. 62 ) , it would have no effect in disturbing the elliptical motion . The inequality of this attrac- tion is the sole ...
... round the sun ; if one of them attracted the other and the sun with equal intensity , and in parallel directions ( N. 62 ) , it would have no effect in disturbing the elliptical motion . The inequality of this attrac- tion is the sole ...
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