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Elliptical Motion - Mean and True Motion Equinoctial - Ecliptic -- Equinoxes — Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Centre — Inclination of the Orbits of Planets Celestial Latitude Nodes Elements of an Orbit - Undisturbed or Elliptical ...
Elliptical Motion - Mean and True Motion Equinoctial - Ecliptic -- Equinoxes — Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Centre — Inclination of the Orbits of Planets Celestial Latitude Nodes Elements of an Orbit - Undisturbed or Elliptical ...
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... Earth determined from it — Lunar , Solar , and Planetary Eclipses Occultations and Lunar Distances · Mean Distance of the Sun from the Earth obtained from Lunar Theory Absolute Distances of the Planets , how found 34 SECTION VI .
... Earth determined from it — Lunar , Solar , and Planetary Eclipses Occultations and Lunar Distances · Mean Distance of the Sun from the Earth obtained from Lunar Theory Absolute Distances of the Planets , how found 34 SECTION VI .
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SECTION X. Rotation of the Earth invariable · Decrease in the Earth's mean Temperature - · Earth originally in a state of Fusion - Length of Day constant Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the variation in the ...
SECTION X. Rotation of the Earth invariable · Decrease in the Earth's mean Temperature - · Earth originally in a state of Fusion - Length of Day constant Decrease of Temperature ascribed by Sir John Herschel to the variation in the ...
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... Electricity induced by them Proved to be Closed Curves — Analogy and Identity of Electricity and Magnetism · Terrestrial Magnetism Mean Values of the Three Magnetic Elements — Their Variations in Double Progression proved to consist ...
... Electricity induced by them Proved to be Closed Curves — Analogy and Identity of Electricity and Magnetism · Terrestrial Magnetism Mean Values of the Three Magnetic Elements — Their Variations in Double Progression proved to consist ...
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There is , however , a certain mean ( N. 12 ) latitude ( N. 13 ) , or part of the earth intermediate between the pole and the equator , where the attraction of the earth on bodies at its surface is the same as if it were a sphere ...
There is , however , a certain mean ( N. 12 ) latitude ( N. 13 ) , or part of the earth intermediate between the pole and the equator , where the attraction of the earth on bodies at its surface is the same as if it were a sphere ...
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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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