On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... square of the moon's distance ( N. 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first second of her descent to the earth , were she not prevented ...
... square of the moon's distance ( N. 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first second of her descent to the earth , were she not prevented ...
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... square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law when at sensible distances from each other . If the sun acted on the centre of the earth , without ...
... square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law when at sensible distances from each other . If the sun acted on the centre of the earth , without ...
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... square of the distance , or not , provided only that it be directed to the centre of the sun . Hence the tangential force , not being directed to the centre , occasions an unequable description of areas , or , what is the same thing ...
... square of the distance , or not , provided only that it be directed to the centre of the sun . Hence the tangential force , not being directed to the centre , occasions an unequable description of areas , or , what is the same thing ...
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Mary Somerville. ducing perfectly elliptical motion varies inversely as the square of the distance , and that a force following any other law would cause the body to move in a curve of a very different kind . Now , the radial disturbing ...
Mary Somerville. ducing perfectly elliptical motion varies inversely as the square of the distance , and that a force following any other law would cause the body to move in a curve of a very different kind . Now , the radial disturbing ...
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... square of the distance . In a spheroid , however , there is an additional force arising from the bulging mass at its equator , which , not following the exact law of gravity , acts as a disturbing force . One effect of this disturbing ...
... square of the distance . In a spheroid , however , there is an additional force arising from the bulging mass at its equator , which , not following the exact law of gravity , acts as a disturbing force . One effect of this disturbing ...
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