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INTRODUCTION Page 1 SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere โ Form of Celestial Bodies โ 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 โ Form of Celestial Bodies โ 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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The magnitude and splendour of the objects , the inconceivable rapidity with which they move , and the enormous distances between them , impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions , with a ...
The magnitude and splendour of the objects , the inconceivable rapidity with which they move , and the enormous distances between them , impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions , with a ...
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SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere Form of Celestial Bodies ยท Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit - The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass โ Gravitation of the Particles of Matter ...
SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere Form of Celestial Bodies ยท Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit - The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass โ Gravitation of the Particles of Matter ...
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Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ( N. 22 ) , if attracted by a force proceeding from a fixed point , with an intensity inversely as the square of the distance ( N.
Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ( N. 22 ) , if attracted by a force proceeding from a fixed point , with an intensity inversely as the square of the distance ( N.
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Were this not the case , and were any portion of the earth , however small , to attract another portion , and not be itself attracted , the centre of gravity of the earth would be moved in space by this action , which is impossible .
Were this not the case , and were any portion of the earth , however small , to attract another portion , and not be itself attracted , the centre of gravity of the earth would be moved in space by this action , which is impossible .
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