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... and is as sensible in the descent of a rain - drop as in the falls of Niagara ; in the weight of the air , as in the periods of the moon , Gravitation not only binds satellites to their planet , and planets to the sun , but it ...
... and is as sensible in the descent of a rain - drop as in the falls of Niagara ; in the weight of the air , as in the periods of the moon , Gravitation not only binds satellites to their planet , and planets to the sun , but it ...
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Thus , experience teaches that bodies fall at the surface of the earth with an accelerated velocity , and with a force proportional to their masses . By comparison , Newton proved that the force which occasions the fall of bodies at the ...
Thus , experience teaches that bodies fall at the surface of the earth with an accelerated velocity , and with a force proportional to their masses . By comparison , Newton proved that the force which occasions the fall of bodies at the ...
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Newton has shown that the force which retains the moon in her orbit is the same with that which causes heavy substances to fall at the surface of the earth . If the earth were a sphere , and at rest , a body would be equally attracted ...
Newton has shown that the force which retains the moon in her orbit is the same with that which causes heavy substances to fall at the surface of the earth . If the earth were a sphere , and at rest , a body would be equally attracted ...
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minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's distance ( N , 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first ...
minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's distance ( N , 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first ...
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Should the force in the tangent cease , the planet would fall to the sun by its gravity . Were the sun not to attract it , the planet would fly off in the tangent . Thus , when the planet is at the point of its orbit farthest from the ...
Should the force in the tangent cease , the planet would fall to the sun by its gravity . Were the sun not to attract it , the planet would fly off in the tangent . Thus , when the planet is at the point of its orbit farthest from the ...
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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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