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Ethereal Medium - Comets - Do not disturb the Solar System — Their Orbits and Disturbances M. Faye's Comet probably the same with Lexel's Periods of other three known Acceleration in the mean Motions of Encke's and Biela's Comets — The ...
Ethereal Medium - Comets - Do not disturb the Solar System — Their Orbits and Disturbances M. Faye's Comet probably the same with Lexel's Periods of other three known Acceleration in the mean Motions of Encke's and Biela's Comets — The ...
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Since the motions of rotation and translation of the planets are independent of each other , though probably communicated by the same impulse , they form separate subjects of investigation .
Since the motions of rotation and translation of the planets are independent of each other , though probably communicated by the same impulse , they form separate subjects of investigation .
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... cycle which probably embraces millions of years , yet they never will exceed what is requisite for the stability and harmony of the whole ; for the preservation of which every circumstance is so beautifully and wonderfully adapted .
... cycle which probably embraces millions of years , yet they never will exceed what is requisite for the stability and harmony of the whole ; for the preservation of which every circumstance is so beautifully and wonderfully adapted .
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The satellites , like the planets , were probably projected in elliptical orbits : but , as the masses of the satellites are nearly 100,000 times less than that of Jupiter ; and as the compression of Jupiter's spheroid is so great ...
The satellites , like the planets , were probably projected in elliptical orbits : but , as the masses of the satellites are nearly 100,000 times less than that of Jupiter ; and as the compression of Jupiter's spheroid is so great ...
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... president of the Astronomical Society , who devoted much attention to this subject ; at the same time , it may be observed that no two sets of pendulum experiments give the same result , probably from local attractions .
... president of the Astronomical Society , who devoted much attention to this subject ; at the same time , it may be observed that no two sets of pendulum experiments give the same result , probably from local attractions .
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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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