On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Action of Planets The Moon's Action on the Earth disturbs her own Motion Excentricity and Inclination of Lunar Orbit invariable Acceleration Secular Variation in Nodes and Perigee - Motion of Nodes and Perigee inseparably connected with ...
... Action of Planets The Moon's Action on the Earth disturbs her own Motion Excentricity and Inclination of Lunar Orbit invariable Acceleration Secular Variation in Nodes and Perigee - Motion of Nodes and Perigee inseparably connected with ...
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... Action of Sound and Light under the same circumstances , removed — The Disper- sion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory - Arago's final proof that the Undulatory Theory is the Law of Nature - SECTION XXIV . 199 Chemical or ...
... Action of Sound and Light under the same circumstances , removed — The Disper- sion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory - Arago's final proof that the Undulatory Theory is the Law of Nature - SECTION XXIV . 199 Chemical or ...
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Mary Somerville. SECTION XXXI . Electro - Dynamics - Reciprocal Action of Electric Currents - Identity of Electro - Dynamic Cylinders and Magnets - Differences between the Action of Voltaic Electricity and Electricity of Tension ...
Mary Somerville. SECTION XXXI . Electro - Dynamics - Reciprocal Action of Electric Currents - Identity of Electro - Dynamic Cylinders and Magnets - Differences between the Action of Voltaic Electricity and Electricity of Tension ...
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... action and reaction of matter are equal and contrary ( N. 19 ) , the moon must attract the earth with an equal and contrary force . Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ...
... action and reaction of matter are equal and contrary ( N. 19 ) , the moon must attract the earth with an equal and contrary force . Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ...
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... action likewise between the earth and every particle at its surface . The earth and a feather mutually attract each other in the proportion of the mass of the earth to the mass of the feather . Were this not the case , and were any ...
... action likewise between the earth and every particle at its surface . The earth and a feather mutually attract each other in the proportion of the mass of the earth to the mass of the feather . Were this not the case , and were any ...
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