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... Velocity of Light 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 ...
... Velocity of Light 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 ...
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... ( N. 6 ) placed without the surface of a hollow sphere ( N. 7 ) is attracted by it in the same manner as if the mass of the hollow sphere , or the whole matter it contains , were collected into one dense particle in its centre .
... ( N. 6 ) placed without the surface of a hollow sphere ( N. 7 ) is attracted by it in the same manner as if the mass of the hollow sphere , or the whole matter it contains , were collected into one dense particle in its centre .
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minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's distance ( N , 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first ...
minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's distance ( N , 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first ...
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The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law ...
The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law ...
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These motions are independent of one another ; so that a contrary impulse , passing through its centre of gravity , will impede its progress , without interfering with its rotation . The sun rotates about an axis , and modern ...
These motions are independent of one another ; so that a contrary impulse , passing through its centre of gravity , will impede its progress , without interfering with its rotation . The sun rotates about an axis , and modern ...
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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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