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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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... of Heat Latent Heat is the Force of Expansion — Steam - · Work performed by Heat — Conservation of Force — Mechanical Power in the Tides Dynamical Power of Light — Analogy between Light , Heat , and Sound 257 SECTION XXVIII .
... of Heat Latent Heat is the Force of Expansion — Steam - · Work performed by Heat — Conservation of Force — Mechanical Power in the Tides Dynamical Power of Light — Analogy between Light , Heat , and Sound 257 SECTION XXVIII .
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The Conservation of Force and the Permanency of Matter Primary Laws of Nature - Definition of Gravity not according to that Law Gravity only the Residual Force of a Universal Power - Magnetism of the Ethereal Medium 335 SECTION XXXV .
The Conservation of Force and the Permanency of Matter Primary Laws of Nature - Definition of Gravity not according to that Law Gravity only the Residual Force of a Universal Power - Magnetism of the Ethereal Medium 335 SECTION XXXV .
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The moon is thus retained in her orbit by a force having the same origin , and regulated by the same law , with that which causes a stone to fall at the earth's surface . The earth may , therefore , be regarded as the centre of a force ...
The moon is thus retained in her orbit by a force having the same origin , and regulated by the same law , with that which causes a stone to fall at the earth's surface . The earth may , therefore , be regarded as the centre of a force ...
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Therefore , as the attractive force is the same on all particles at equal distances from the centre of a sphere ... would recede from the centre , till their increase in number balance the centrifugal force by their attraction .
Therefore , as the attractive force is the same on all particles at equal distances from the centre of a sphere ... would recede from the centre , till their increase in number balance the centrifugal force by their attraction .
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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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