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Perturbations , Periodic and Secular — Disturbing Action equivalent to three Partial Forces - Tangential Force the cause the Periodic Inequalities in Longitude , and Secular Inequalities in the Form and Position of the Orbit in its own ...
Perturbations , Periodic and Secular — Disturbing Action equivalent to three Partial Forces - Tangential Force the cause the Periodic Inequalities in Longitude , and Secular Inequalities in the Form and Position of the Orbit in its own ...
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... Orbits and Disturbances M. Faye's 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 --- Disturbing Action of the Earth and Planets ...
... Orbits and Disturbances M. Faye's 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 --- Disturbing Action of the Earth and Planets ...
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... areas become a test of disturbing forces . To determine the motion of each body , when disturbed by all the rest , is beyond the power of analysis . It is therefore necessary to estimate the disturbing action of one planet at a time ...
... areas become a test of disturbing forces . To determine the motion of each body , when disturbed by all the rest , is beyond the power of analysis . It is therefore necessary to estimate the disturbing action of one planet at a time ...
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It is an extremely difficult one , and would be infinitely more so if the disturbing action were not very small when compared with the central force ; that is , if the action of the planets on one another were not very small when ...
It is an extremely difficult one , and would be infinitely more so if the disturbing action were not very small when compared with the central force ; that is , if the action of the planets on one another were not very small when ...
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... means to the accomplishment of an end than is exhibited in the nice adjustment of these forces , at once the cause of the variety and of the order of Nature . SECTION III . Perturbations , Periodic and Secular · Disturbing 12 SECT .
... means to the accomplishment of an end than is exhibited in the nice adjustment of these forces , at once the cause of the variety and of the order of Nature . SECTION III . Perturbations , Periodic and Secular · Disturbing 12 SECT .
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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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