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INTRODUCTION Page 1 SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere — Form of Celestial Bodies — Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit -- The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass - Gravitation of the ...
INTRODUCTION Page 1 SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere — Form of Celestial Bodies — Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit -- The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass - Gravitation of the ...
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... Molecular Vortices — Gases reduced to Liquids by Pressure - Gravitation of Particles Cohesion - Crystallization - Cleavage- Isomorphism Minuteness of the Particles – Height of Atmosphere — Chemical Affinity- Definite Proportions and ...
... Molecular Vortices — Gases reduced to Liquids by Pressure - Gravitation of Particles Cohesion - Crystallization - Cleavage- Isomorphism Minuteness of the Particles – Height of Atmosphere — Chemical Affinity- Definite Proportions and ...
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Diffusion of Matter through Space — Gravitation — Its Velocity — Simplicity of its Laws — Gravitation independent of the Magnitude and Distances of the Bodies - Not impeded by the intervention of any Substance — Its Intensity invariable ...
Diffusion of Matter through Space — Gravitation — Its Velocity — Simplicity of its Laws — Gravitation independent of the Magnitude and Distances of the Bodies - Not impeded by the intervention of any Substance — Its Intensity invariable ...
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... as in the periods of the moon , Gravitation not only binds satellites to their planet , and planets to the sun , but it connects sun with sun throughout the wide extent of creation , and is the cause of the disturbances , as well as ...
... as in the periods of the moon , Gravitation not only binds satellites to their planet , and planets to the sun , but it connects sun with sun throughout the wide extent of creation , and is the cause of the disturbances , as well as ...
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On the other hand , descending from the principle of gravitation , every motion in the solar system has been so completely explained , that the laws of any astronomical phenomena that may hereafter occur are already determined .
On the other hand , descending from the principle of gravitation , every motion in the solar system has been so completely explained , that the laws of any astronomical phenomena that may hereafter occur are already determined .
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