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From the same cause I may not have explained certain subjects with all the clearness I might otherwise have done . Perhaps it may be considered that I have adopted certain views and new principles before they had been sufficiently ...
From the same cause I may not have explained certain subjects with all the clearness I might otherwise have done . Perhaps it may be considered that I have adopted certain views and new principles before they had been sufficiently ...
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Perturbations , Periodic and Secular — Disturbing Action equivalent to three Partial Forces - Tangential Force the cause the Periodic Inequalities in Longitude , and Secular Inequalities in the Form and Position of the Orbit in its own ...
Perturbations , Periodic and Secular — Disturbing Action equivalent to three Partial Forces - Tangential Force the cause the Periodic Inequalities in Longitude , and Secular Inequalities in the Form and Position of the Orbit in its own ...
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a a 1 is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system , in oscillations which correspond in their periods with the cause producing them , like sympathetic notes in music , or vibrations from the deep tones of an organ .
a a 1 is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system , in oscillations which correspond in their periods with the cause producing them , like sympathetic notes in music , or vibrations from the deep tones of an organ .
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... her orbit by a force having the same origin , and regulated by the same law , with that which causes a stone to fall at the earth's surface . ... any deviation from that law will cause it to move in a curve of a different nature .
... her orbit by a force having the same origin , and regulated by the same law , with that which causes a stone to fall at the earth's surface . ... any deviation from that law will cause it to move in a curve of a different nature .
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... and the reaction of that matter on the moon is the cause of a corresponding nutation in the lunar orbit ( N. 35 ) . If a sphere at rest in space receive an impulse passing through its centre of gravity , all its parts will move with ...
... and the reaction of that matter on the moon is the cause of a corresponding nutation in the lunar orbit ( N. 35 ) . If a sphere at rest in space receive an impulse passing through its centre of gravity , all its parts will move with ...
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2013 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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