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PREF A C E. In bringing another edition of the Connexion of the Physical Sciences ' before the public , I have endeavoured to show the progress they have made , and the great changes that experimental philosophy has introduced of late ...
PREF A C E. In bringing another edition of the Connexion of the Physical Sciences ' before the public , I have endeavoured to show the progress they have made , and the great changes that experimental philosophy has introduced of late ...
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... the earth intermediate between the pole and the equator , where the attraction of the earth on bodies at its surface is the same as if it were a sphere ; and experience shows that bodies there fall through 16.0697 feet in a second .
... the earth intermediate between the pole and the equator , where the attraction of the earth on bodies at its surface is the same as if it were a sphere ; and experience shows that bodies there fall through 16.0697 feet in a second .
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The earth may , therefore , be regarded as the centre of a force which extends to the moon ; and , as experience shows that the action and reaction of matter are equal and contrary ( N. 19 ) , the moon must attract the earth with an ...
The earth may , therefore , be regarded as the centre of a force which extends to the moon ; and , as experience shows that the action and reaction of matter are equal and contrary ( N. 19 ) , the moon must attract the earth with an ...
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The sun rotates about an axis , and modern observations show that an impulse in a contrary direction has not been given to his centre of gravity , for he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system ...
The sun rotates about an axis , and modern observations show that an impulse in a contrary direction has not been given to his centre of gravity , for he moves in space , accompanied by all those bodies which compose the solar system ...
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This inequality is strictly periodical , since it depends upon the configuration ( N. 85 ) of the two planets ; and theory is confirmed by observation , which shows that , in the course of twenty centuries , Jupiter's mean motion has ...
This inequality is strictly periodical , since it depends upon the configuration ( N. 85 ) of the two planets ; and theory is confirmed by observation , which shows that , in the course of twenty centuries , Jupiter's mean motion has ...
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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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