On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... continually changing its position with regard to the satellites , and produces corresponding mutations in their motions . And , as the cause must be proportional to the effect , these inequalities afford the means , not only of ...
... continually changing its position with regard to the satellites , and produces corresponding mutations in their motions . And , as the cause must be proportional to the effect , these inequalities afford the means , not only of ...
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... continually accelerated , and their secular equations are as the numbers 1 , 4.702 , and 0.612 . A comparison of ancient eclipses observed by the Arabs , Greeks , and Chaldeans , imperfect as they are , with modern observations ...
... continually accelerated , and their secular equations are as the numbers 1 , 4.702 , and 0.612 . A comparison of ancient eclipses observed by the Arabs , Greeks , and Chaldeans , imperfect as they are , with modern observations ...
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... continually increases towards the poles , where it is a maximum . On these principles Sir Isaac Newton proved that a homogeneous fluid ( N. 119 ) mass in rotation assumes the form of an ellipsoid of revolution ( N. 120 ) , whose ...
... continually increases towards the poles , where it is a maximum . On these principles Sir Isaac Newton proved that a homogeneous fluid ( N. 119 ) mass in rotation assumes the form of an ellipsoid of revolution ( N. 120 ) , whose ...
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... the consequence has been a continual decrease of temperature . It is evident , from the marine shells found on the tops of the highest mountains and in almost every part of the globe E 2 SECT . X. CAUSES AFFECTING TEMPERATURE . 75.
... the consequence has been a continual decrease of temperature . It is evident , from the marine shells found on the tops of the highest mountains and in almost every part of the globe E 2 SECT . X. CAUSES AFFECTING TEMPERATURE . 75.
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... continually repeated , as the form moves on the wave rises higher and higher , bends more and more forward , till at last it loses its equilibrium , and then both form and water roll to the shore , and the elliptical trajectories of the ...
... continually repeated , as the form moves on the wave rises higher and higher , bends more and more forward , till at last it loses its equilibrium , and then both form and water roll to the shore , and the elliptical trajectories of the ...
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