On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Satellites - same Impulse- - Motion of the Sun and Solar System SECTION II . Elliptical Motion - Mean and True Motion - - - - 4 Nodes Great In- Equinoctial - Ecliptic- Equinoxes - Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Centre - In ...
... Satellites - same Impulse- - Motion of the Sun and Solar System SECTION II . Elliptical Motion - Mean and True Motion - - - - 4 Nodes Great In- Equinoctial - Ecliptic- Equinoxes - Mean and True Longitude - Equation of Centre - In ...
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Mary Somerville. Satellites - - SECTION IV . - Theory of Jupiter's Satellites - Effects of the Figure of Jupiter upon his Position of their Orbits Singular Laws among the Motions of the first Three Satellites Eclipses of the Satellites ...
Mary Somerville. Satellites - - SECTION IV . - Theory of Jupiter's Satellites - Effects of the Figure of Jupiter upon his Position of their Orbits Singular Laws among the Motions of the first Three Satellites Eclipses of the Satellites ...
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... satellites to their planet , and planets to the sun , but it connects sun with sun throughout the wide extent of creation , and is the cause of the disturbances , as well as of the order of nature ; since every tremor it excites in any ...
... satellites to their planet , and planets to the sun , but it connects sun with sun throughout the wide extent of creation , and is the cause of the disturbances , as well as of the order of nature ; since every tremor it excites in any ...
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... Satellites same Impulse - - - - It has been proved by Newton , that a particle of matter ( N. 6 ) placed without the surface of a hollow sphere ( N. 7 ) is attracted by it in the same manner as if the mass of the hollow sphere , or the ...
... Satellites same Impulse - - - - It has been proved by Newton , that a particle of matter ( N. 6 ) placed without the surface of a hollow sphere ( N. 7 ) is attracted by it in the same manner as if the mass of the hollow sphere , or the ...
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... satellites also gravi- tate to their primaries ( N. 29 ) according to the same law that their primaries do to the sun . Thus , by the law of action and reaction , each body is itself the centre of an attractive force ex- tending ...
... satellites also gravi- tate to their primaries ( N. 29 ) according to the same law that their primaries do to the sun . Thus , by the law of action and reaction , each body is itself the centre of an attractive force ex- tending ...
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