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... and Secular Variations in the Position of the Orbit with regard to the Plane of the Ecliptic — Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable — Stability of System - Effects of a Resisting Medium — Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of ...
... and Secular Variations in the Position of the Orbit with regard to the Plane of the Ecliptic — Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable — Stability of System - Effects of a Resisting Medium — Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of ...
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... Cleavage- Isomorphism Minuteness of the Particles – Height of Atmosphere — Chemical Affinity- Definite Proportions and Relative Weights of Atoms — Faraday's Discovery with regard to Affinity - Capillary Attraction · 102 SECTION XV .
... Cleavage- Isomorphism Minuteness of the Particles – Height of Atmosphere — Chemical Affinity- Definite Proportions and Relative Weights of Atoms — Faraday's Discovery with regard to Affinity - Capillary Attraction · 102 SECTION XV .
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... and Secular Variations in the Position of the Orbit with regard to the Plane of the Ecliptic — Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable — Stability of System - Effects of a Resisting Medium - Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of ...
... and Secular Variations in the Position of the Orbit with regard to the Plane of the Ecliptic — Mean Motion and Major Axis Invariable — Stability of System - Effects of a Resisting Medium - Invariable Plane of the Solar System and of ...
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The third , which may be called the perpendicular force , acts at right angles to the plane of the orbit , occasions the periodic inequalities in the planet's latitude , and affects the position of the orbit with regard to the plane of ...
The third , which may be called the perpendicular force , acts at right angles to the plane of the orbit , occasions the periodic inequalities in the planet's latitude , and affects the position of the orbit with regard to the plane of ...
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The difference between these two periods arises from a retrograde motion in the equinoctial point , which meets the advancing axis before it has completed its revolution with regard to the stars . The major axis of Jupiter's orbit ...
The difference between these two periods arises from a retrograde motion in the equinoctial point , which meets the advancing axis before it has completed its revolution with regard to the stars . The major axis of Jupiter's orbit ...
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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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