On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page xiii
... Space - Internal Heat of the Earth Zone of constant Temperature Increase of Heat with the Depth Central Heat - Volcanic Action - Quantity of Heat - received from the Sun - Isogeothermal Lines - Line of Perpetual Con- gelation - Climate ...
... Space - Internal Heat of the Earth Zone of constant Temperature Increase of Heat with the Depth Central Heat - Volcanic Action - Quantity of Heat - received from the Sun - Isogeothermal Lines - Line of Perpetual Con- gelation - Climate ...
Page xiii
... Space - Internal Heat of the Earth - Zone of constant Temperature - Increase of Heat with the Depth - Central Heat - Volcanic Action - Quantity of Heat received from the Sun - Isogeothermal Lines - Line of Perpetual Con- gelation ...
... Space - Internal Heat of the Earth - Zone of constant Temperature - Increase of Heat with the Depth - Central Heat - Volcanic Action - Quantity of Heat received from the Sun - Isogeothermal Lines - Line of Perpetual Con- gelation ...
Page xvi
... Space - Gravitation - Its Velocity - Sim- plicity of its Laws Gravitation independent of the Magnitude and Not impeded by the intervention of any Substance Its Intensity invariable - General Laws - Recapitulation Distances of the Bodies ...
... Space - Gravitation - Its Velocity - Sim- plicity of its Laws Gravitation independent of the Magnitude and Not impeded by the intervention of any Substance Its Intensity invariable - General Laws - Recapitulation Distances of the Bodies ...
Page 5
... space the moon would fall through in the first second of her descent to the earth , were she not prevented by the centrifugal force ( N. 18 ) arising from the velocity with which she moves in her orbit . The moon is thus retained in her ...
... space the moon would fall through in the first second of her descent to the earth , were she not prevented by the centrifugal force ( N. 18 ) arising from the velocity with which she moves in her orbit . The moon is thus retained in her ...
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... space by this action , which is impossible . The forms of the planets result from the reciprocal attraction of their component particles . A detached fluid mass , if at rest , would assume the form of a sphere , from the reciprocal ...
... space by this action , which is impossible . The forms of the planets result from the reciprocal attraction of their component particles . A detached fluid mass , if at rest , would assume the form of a sphere , from the reciprocal ...
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