On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... seen nearly in the same line ( N. 88 ) ; and the powerful action of that quantity of prominent matter is the reason why the motions of the nodes of these small bodies are so much more rapid than those of the planet . The nodes of the ...
... seen nearly in the same line ( N. 88 ) ; and the powerful action of that quantity of prominent matter is the reason why the motions of the nodes of these small bodies are so much more rapid than those of the planet . The nodes of the ...
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... seen at the instant it really exists , or not till some time later and whether there be not , with respect to the ... seen . They move exactly at the edge of the ring , and their orbits never deviate from its plane . In 1789 Sir William ...
... seen at the instant it really exists , or not till some time later and whether there be not , with respect to the ... seen . They move exactly at the edge of the ring , and their orbits never deviate from its plane . In 1789 Sir William ...
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... seen Iapetus , the nearest of the two , on several occasions , even when the opening of the ring was very wide , which made it extremely difficult to see so minute an object . Of the situation of the equator of Uranus we know nothing ...
... seen Iapetus , the nearest of the two , on several occasions , even when the opening of the ring was very wide , which made it extremely difficult to see so minute an object . Of the situation of the equator of Uranus we know nothing ...
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... seen from the centre of the moon . The mean duration of a revolution of the sun , with regard to the node of the lunar orbit , is to the duration of a synodic revolution ( N. 113 ) of the moon as 223 to 19. So that , after a period of ...
... seen from the centre of the moon . The mean duration of a revolution of the sun , with regard to the node of the lunar orbit , is to the duration of a synodic revolution ( N. 113 ) of the moon as 223 to 19. So that , after a period of ...
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... seen during the total eclipse of the sun which happened on the 8th of July , 1842 . The moon was like a black patch on the sky surrounded by a faint whitish light or corona about the eighth of the moon's diameter in breadth , which is ...
... seen during the total eclipse of the sun which happened on the 8th of July , 1842 . The moon was like a black patch on the sky surrounded by a faint whitish light or corona about the eighth of the moon's diameter in breadth , which is ...
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