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... Moon Theory insufficient without Observation — Direction of the Tidal Wave - Height of Tides — Mass of Moon obtained from her Action on the Tides — Interference of Undulations - Impossibility of a Universal Inundation - Currents .
... Moon Theory insufficient without Observation — Direction of the Tidal Wave - Height of Tides — Mass of Moon obtained from her Action on the Tides — Interference of Undulations - Impossibility of a Universal Inundation - Currents .
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Electricity produced by Rotation - Direction of the Currents — Electricity from the Rotation of a Magnet — M. Arago's Experiment explained Rotation of a Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet Relation of Substances to Magnets of ...
Electricity produced by Rotation - Direction of the Currents — Electricity from the Rotation of a Magnet — M. Arago's Experiment explained Rotation of a Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet Relation of Substances to Magnets of ...
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The sun rotates about an axis , and modern observations show that an impulse in a contrary direction has not been given to his centre of gravity , for he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system ...
The sun rotates about an axis , and modern observations show that an impulse in a contrary direction has not been given to his centre of gravity , for he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system ...
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... from the vernal equinox , is its mean longitude ; and its elliptical , or true motion , reckoned from that point , is its true longitude ( N. 47 ) : both being estimated from west to east , the direction in which the bodies move .
... from the vernal equinox , is its mean longitude ; and its elliptical , or true motion , reckoned from that point , is its true longitude ( N. 47 ) : both being estimated from west to east , the direction in which the bodies move .
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Suppose two planets moving in ellipses round the sun ; if one of them attracted the other and the sun with equal intensity , and in parallel directions ( N. 62 ) , it would have no effect in disturbing the elliptical motion .
Suppose two planets moving in ellipses round the sun ; if one of them attracted the other and the sun with equal intensity , and in parallel directions ( N. 62 ) , it would have no effect in disturbing the elliptical motion .
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