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... Discoveries on the Rays passing along the Optic Axis ยท Polarization by Reflection Page 179 SECTION XXII . ... through Mica and Sulphate of Lime The Coloured Images produced by Polarized Light passing through Crystals having one and ...
... Discoveries on the Rays passing along the Optic Axis ยท Polarization by Reflection Page 179 SECTION XXII . ... through Mica and Sulphate of Lime The Coloured Images produced by Polarized Light passing through Crystals having one and ...
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... that matter on the moon is the cause of a corresponding nutation in the lunar orbit ( N. 35 ) . If a sphere at rest in space receive an impulse passing through its centre of gravity , all its parts will move with an equal velocity ...
... that matter on the moon is the cause of a corresponding nutation in the lunar orbit ( N. 35 ) . If a sphere at rest in space receive an impulse passing through its centre of gravity , all its parts will move with an equal velocity ...
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The vernal equinox is the point through which the sun passes in going from the southern to the northern hemisphere ; and the autumnal , that in which he crosses from the northern to the southern . The mean or circular motion of a body ...
The vernal equinox is the point through which the sun passes in going from the southern to the northern hemisphere ; and the autumnal , that in which he crosses from the northern to the southern . The mean or circular motion of a body ...
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... whose planes , slightly inclined to the ecliptic , cut it in straight lines , passing through the centre of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently - discovered planets deviate more from the ecliptic than those of the ancient ...
... whose planes , slightly inclined to the ecliptic , cut it in straight lines , passing through the centre of the sun ( N. 58 ) . The orbits of the recently - discovered planets deviate more from the ecliptic than those of the ancient ...
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It appears that there exists an invariable plane ( N. 80 ) , passing through the centre of gravity of the system , about which the whole oscillates within very narrow limits , and that this plane will always remain parallel to itself ...
It appears that there exists an invariable plane ( N. 80 ) , passing through the centre of gravity of the system , about which the whole oscillates within very narrow limits , and that this plane will always remain parallel to itself ...
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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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