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... and which estimates the changes the system has hitherto undergone , or may hereafter experience - changes which require millions of years for their accomplishment . The accumulated efforts of astronomers , from the earliest dawn of ...
... and which estimates the changes the system has hitherto undergone , or may hereafter experience - changes which require millions of years for their accomplishment . The accumulated efforts of astronomers , from the earliest dawn of ...
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All such changes , being accomplished in short periods , some in a few months , others in years , or in hundreds of years , are denominated periodic inequalities . The inequalities of the other kind , though occasioned likewise by the ...
All such changes , being accomplished in short periods , some in a few months , others in years , or in hundreds of years , are denominated periodic inequalities . The inequalities of the other kind , though occasioned likewise by the ...
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the sun and planet , and is called the radial force : it produces periodical changes in the distance of the planet from the sun , and affects the form and position of the orbit in its own plane . The third , which may be called the ...
the sun and planet , and is called the radial force : it produces periodical changes in the distance of the planet from the sun , and affects the form and position of the orbit in its own plane . The third , which may be called the ...
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... path of the planet falls without its elliptical orbit ( N. 66 ) , and the excentricity is increased ; during these changes , the length of the major axis is not altered , the orbit only bulges out , or becomes more flat ( N. 70 ) .
... path of the planet falls without its elliptical orbit ( N. 66 ) , and the excentricity is increased ; during these changes , the length of the major axis is not altered , the orbit only bulges out , or becomes more flat ( N. 70 ) .
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It is true , part of this secular change in the inclination is compensated by the revolution of the disturbing body , whose motion has not hitherto been taken into the account , so that perturbation compensates ...
It is true , part of this secular change in the inclination is compensated by the revolution of the disturbing body , whose motion has not hitherto been taken into the account , so that perturbation compensates ...
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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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