On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... similar to an enormous curve , of which we see so small an arc that we imagine it to be a straight line . " If we raise our views to the whole extent of the universe , and consider the stars , together with the sun , to be wandering ...
... similar to an enormous curve , of which we see so small an arc that we imagine it to be a straight line . " If we raise our views to the whole extent of the universe , and consider the stars , together with the sun , to be wandering ...
Page 28
... similar to those which affect the motions and orbits of the planets , but also to others peculiar to themselves . Of ... similar to that which it produces in the third ; and it experiences from the third a perturbation similar to that ...
... similar to those which affect the motions and orbits of the planets , but also to others peculiar to themselves . Of ... similar to that which it produces in the third ; and it experiences from the third a perturbation similar to that ...
Page 29
... similar to that which takes place in the rotation of the earth , from the action of the sun and moon . Hence the protuberant matter at Jupiter's equator is continually changing its position with regard to the satellites , and produces ...
... similar to that which takes place in the rotation of the earth , from the action of the sun and moon . Hence the protuberant matter at Jupiter's equator is continually changing its position with regard to the satellites , and produces ...
Page 30
... similar to those of the moon : but , occasionally , the satellites eclipse Jupiter , sometimes passing like obscure spots across his surface , resembling annular eclipses of the sun , and sometimes like a bright spot traversing one of ...
... similar to those of the moon : but , occasionally , the satellites eclipse Jupiter , sometimes passing like obscure spots across his surface , resembling annular eclipses of the sun , and sometimes like a bright spot traversing one of ...
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... similar to that of Jupiter . Saturn is accompanied by eight satellites . The seventh is about the size of Mars , and the eighth was simultaneously discovered by Mr. Bond in America , and that distinguished astronomer Mr. Lassell , of ...
... similar to that of Jupiter . Saturn is accompanied by eight satellites . The seventh is about the size of Mars , and the eighth was simultaneously discovered by Mr. Bond in America , and that distinguished astronomer Mr. Lassell , of ...
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