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Physical astronomy is the science which compares and identifies the laws of motion observed on earth with the motions that take place in the heavens : and which traces , by an uninterrupted chain of deduction from the great principle ...
Physical astronomy is the science which compares and identifies the laws of motion observed on earth with the motions that take place in the heavens : and which traces , by an uninterrupted chain of deduction from the great principle ...
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Kepler found , by direct observation , that the planets describe ellipses ( N. 24 ) , or oval paths , round the sun , Later observations show that comets also move in conic sections . It consequently follows that the sun attracts all ...
Kepler found , by direct observation , that the planets describe ellipses ( N. 24 ) , or oval paths , round the sun , Later observations show that comets also move in conic sections . It consequently follows that the sun attracts all ...
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It has been observed , that the radius vector of a planet , moving in a perfectly elliptical orbit , passes over equal spaces or areas in equal times ; a circumstance which is independent of the law of the force , and would be the same ...
It has been observed , that the radius vector of a planet , moving in a perfectly elliptical orbit , passes over equal spaces or areas in equal times ; a circumstance which is independent of the law of the force , and would be the same ...
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prove that for of gravitation are so perfectly confirmed by observation , that analysis has become one of the most ... All observations , from those of the Chinese and Arabs down to the present day , ages the mean motions of Jupiter and ...
prove that for of gravitation are so perfectly confirmed by observation , that analysis has become one of the most ... All observations , from those of the Chinese and Arabs down to the present day , ages the mean motions of Jupiter and ...
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... prominent matter at his equator must soon have given the circular form observed in the orbits of the first and second satellites , which its superior attraction will always maintain . The third and fourth satellites , being farther ...
... prominent matter at his equator must soon have given the circular form observed in the orbits of the first and second satellites , which its superior attraction will always maintain . The third and fourth satellites , being farther ...
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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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