On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Comet probably the same with Lexel's Periods of other three known - Acceleration in the mean Motions of Encke's and Biela's Comets - The Shock of a Comet Dis- turbing Action of the Earth and Planets on Encke's and Biela's Comets ...
... Comet probably the same with Lexel's Periods of other three known - Acceleration in the mean Motions of Encke's and Biela's Comets - The Shock of a Comet Dis- turbing Action of the Earth and Planets on Encke's and Biela's Comets ...
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... comets also move in conic sections . It consequently follows that the sun attracts all the planets and comets inversely as the square of their distances from its centre ; the sun , therefore , is the centre of a force extending ...
... comets also move in conic sections . It consequently follows that the sun attracts all the planets and comets inversely as the square of their distances from its centre ; the sun , therefore , is the centre of a force extending ...
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... comets , which have already revealed the existence of this medium , may also , in time , disclose its rotatory motion . The form and position of the planetary orbits , and the motion of the bodies in the same direction , together with ...
... comets , which have already revealed the existence of this medium , may also , in time , disclose its rotatory motion . The form and position of the planetary orbits , and the motion of the bodies in the same direction , together with ...
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... comets , or any unknown and unseen bodies , affect our sun and planets , the nodes of this plane will slowly recede on the plane of that im- mense orbit which the sun may describe about some most distant centre , in a period which it ...
... comets , or any unknown and unseen bodies , affect our sun and planets , the nodes of this plane will slowly recede on the plane of that im- mense orbit which the sun may describe about some most distant centre , in a period which it ...
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... satellites revolve from west to east . Retrograde motion is occasionally met with in the comets and double stars . SECTION V. Lunar Theory - Periodic Perturbations of the Moon- c 3 SECT . IV . SATELLITES OF SATURN AND URANUS . 33.
... satellites revolve from west to east . Retrograde motion is occasionally met with in the comets and double stars . SECTION V. Lunar Theory - Periodic Perturbations of the Moon- c 3 SECT . IV . SATELLITES OF SATURN AND URANUS . 33.
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