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INTRODUCTION Page 1 SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere — Form of Celestial Bodies — Terrest 11 Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit - The Heavenly Bodie move in Conic Sections - Gravitation Proportional to Mass- Gravitation of the ...
INTRODUCTION Page 1 SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere — Form of Celestial Bodies — Terrest 11 Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit - The Heavenly Bodie move in Conic Sections - Gravitation Proportional to Mass- Gravitation of the ...
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... Aberration Ethereal Medium Satellites of Saturn and Uranus Page 27 SECTION V. Lunar Theory — Periodic Perturbations of the Moon Equation of Centre - Evection Variation Annual Equation Direct and Indirect Action of Planets The Moon's ...
... Aberration Ethereal Medium Satellites of Saturn and Uranus Page 27 SECTION V. Lunar Theory — Periodic Perturbations of the Moon Equation of Centre - Evection Variation Annual Equation Direct and Indirect Action of Planets The Moon's ...
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... of the Sun and Moon - Theory insufficient without Observation Direction of the Tidal Wave — Height of Tides — Mass of Moon obtained from her Action on the Tides — Interference of Undulations - Impossibility of a Universal Inundation ...
... of the Sun and Moon - Theory insufficient without Observation Direction of the Tidal Wave — Height of Tides — Mass of Moon obtained from her Action on the Tides — Interference of Undulations - Impossibility of a Universal Inundation ...
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... Its Quantity — Instances of Extraordinary Refraction - Reflection - Instances of Extraordinary Reflection - Loss of Light by the Absorbing Power of the Atmosphere - Apparent Magnitude of Sun and Moon in the Horizon 153 SECTION XIX .
... Its Quantity — Instances of Extraordinary Refraction - Reflection - Instances of Extraordinary Reflection - Loss of Light by the Absorbing Power of the Atmosphere - Apparent Magnitude of Sun and Moon in the Horizon 153 SECTION XIX .
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Size and Constitution of the Sun - The Solar Spots — Intensity of the Sun's Light and Heat — The Sun's Atmosphere — His influence on the Planets Atmospheres of the Planets — The Moon has none — Lunar heat — The Differential Telescope ...
Size and Constitution of the Sun - The Solar Spots — Intensity of the Sun's Light and Heat — The Sun's Atmosphere — His influence on the Planets Atmospheres of the Planets — The Moon has none — Lunar heat — The Differential Telescope ...
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