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... Differential Telescope - Temperature of Space — Internal Heat of the Earth - - Zone of constant Temperature - Increase of Heat with the Depth — Central Heat — Volcanic Action - Quantity of Heat received from the Sun — Isogeothermal ...
... Differential Telescope - Temperature of Space — Internal Heat of the Earth - - Zone of constant Temperature - Increase of Heat with the Depth — Central Heat — Volcanic Action - Quantity of Heat received from the Sun — Isogeothermal ...
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Therefore , as the attractive force is the same on all particles at equal distances from the centre of a sphere , the equatorial particles would recede from the centre , till their increase in number balance the centrifugal force by ...
Therefore , as the attractive force is the same on all particles at equal distances from the centre of a sphere , the equatorial particles would recede from the centre , till their increase in number balance the centrifugal force by ...
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... than that of any planet ; and as their inequalities bear the same ratio to their elliptical motions that their masses do to that of the sun , their mutual disturbances only increase or diminish the excentricities of their SECT .
... than that of any planet ; and as their inequalities bear the same ratio to their elliptical motions that their masses do to that of the sun , their mutual disturbances only increase or diminish the excentricities of their SECT .
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mutual disturbances only increase or diminish the excentricities of their orbits by very minute quantities ; consequently the magnitude of the sun's mass is the principal cause of the stability of the system .
mutual disturbances only increase or diminish the excentricities of their orbits by very minute quantities ; consequently the magnitude of the sun's mass is the principal cause of the stability of the system .
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An increase in the planet's tangential velocity diminishes the curvature of its orbit , and is equivalent to a decrease of central ... On the contrary , a decrease of the tangential velocity , which increases the curvature of the orbit ...
An increase in the planet's tangential velocity diminishes the curvature of its orbit , and is equivalent to a decrease of central ... On the contrary , a decrease of the tangential velocity , which increases the curvature of the orbit ...
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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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