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Rotation of the Sun and Planets Saturn's Rings — Periods of the Rotation of the Moon and other Satellites equal to the Periods of their Revolutions · Form of Lunar Spheroid — Libration , Aspect , and Constitution of the Moon — Rotation ...
Rotation of the Sun and Planets Saturn's Rings — Periods of the Rotation of the Moon and other Satellites equal to the Periods of their Revolutions · Form of Lunar Spheroid — Libration , Aspect , and Constitution of the Moon — Rotation ...
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Interference of Light — Undulatory Theory of Light – Propagation of Light— Newton's Rings — Measurement of the Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours ...
Interference of Light — Undulatory Theory of Light – Propagation of Light— Newton's Rings — Measurement of the Length of the Waves of Light , and of the Frequency of the Vibrations of Ether for each Colour Newton's Scale of Colours ...
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The orbits of the two last have a sensible inclination to the plane of the ring ; but the great compression of Saturn occasions the other satellites to move nearly in the plane of his equator . So many circumstances must concur to ...
The orbits of the two last have a sensible inclination to the plane of the ring ; but the great compression of Saturn occasions the other satellites to move nearly in the plane of his equator . So many circumstances must concur to ...
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The eclipses of the exterior satellites only take place when the ring is in this position . Mr. Lassell , with a powerful telescope , made by himself , has seen Iapetus , the nearest of the two , on several occasions , even when the ...
The eclipses of the exterior satellites only take place when the ring is in this position . Mr. Lassell , with a powerful telescope , made by himself , has seen Iapetus , the nearest of the two , on several occasions , even when the ...
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If it were less , the observer would see a ring of light round the disc of the moon , and the eclipse would be annular , as it was on the 17th of May , 1836 , and on the 15th of March , 1858. If the centre of the moon should not be in ...
If it were less , the observer would see a ring of light round the disc of the moon , and the eclipse would be annular , as it was on the 17th of May , 1836 , and on the 15th of March , 1858. If the centre of the moon should not be in ...
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