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The true motions of the planets are extremely complicated , in consequence of their mutual attraction , so that they do not move in any known or symmetrical curve , but in paths now approaching to , now receding from , the elliptical ...
The true motions of the planets are extremely complicated , in consequence of their mutual attraction , so that they do not move in any known or symmetrical curve , but in paths now approaching to , now receding from , the elliptical ...
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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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The changes in the inclination are extremely minute ( N. 75 ) , compared with the motion of the nodes , and there is the same kind of inseparable connection between their secular changes that there is between the variation of the ...
The changes in the inclination are extremely minute ( N. 75 ) , compared with the motion of the nodes , and there is the same kind of inseparable connection between their secular changes that there is between the variation of the ...
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The existence of an ethereal medium is now proved ; and , although it is so extremely rare that hitherto its effects on the motions of the planets have been altogether insensible , there can be no doubt that , in the immensity of time ...
The existence of an ethereal medium is now proved ; and , although it is so extremely rare that hitherto its effects on the motions of the planets have been altogether insensible , there can be no doubt that , in the immensity of time ...
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Notwithstanding the permanency of our system , the secular variations in the planetary orbits would have been extremely embarrassing to astronomers when it became necessary to compare observations separated by long periods .
Notwithstanding the permanency of our system , the secular variations in the planetary orbits would have been extremely embarrassing to astronomers when it became necessary to compare observations separated by long periods .
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