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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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Masses of Planets that have no Satellites determined from their Perturbations Masses of the others obtained from the Motions of their Satellites — Masses of the Sun , the Earth , of Jupiter and of the Jovial System Mass of the Moon ...
Masses of Planets that have no Satellites determined from their Perturbations Masses of the others obtained from the Motions of their Satellites — Masses of the Sun , the Earth , of Jupiter and of the Jovial System Mass of the Moon ...
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... Moon Theory insufficient without Observation — Direction of the Tidal Wave - Height of Tides — Mass of Moon obtained from her Action on the Tides — Interference of Undulations - Impossibility of a Universal Inundation - Currents .
... Moon Theory insufficient without Observation — Direction of the Tidal Wave - Height of Tides — Mass of Moon obtained from her Action on the Tides — Interference of Undulations - Impossibility of a Universal Inundation - Currents .
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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 Particles of Matter ...
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 Particles of Matter ...
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The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law ...
The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according to the same law ...
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