On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
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It consequently follows that the sun attracts all the planets and comets inversely as the square of their distances from its centre ; the sun , therefore , is the centre of a force extending indefinitely in space , and including all the ...
It consequently follows that the sun attracts all the planets and comets inversely as the square of their distances from its centre ; the sun , therefore , is the centre of a force extending indefinitely in space , and including all the ...
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Consequently , the sphere would become an oblate or flattened spheroid , and a fluid , partially or entirely covering a solid , as the ocean and atmosphere cover the earth , must assume that form in order to remain in equilibrio .
Consequently , the sphere would become an oblate or flattened spheroid , and a fluid , partially or entirely covering a solid , as the ocean and atmosphere cover the earth , must assume that form in order to remain in equilibrio .
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... is its true longitude ( N. 47 ) : both being estimated from west to east , the direction in which the bodies move . The difference between the two is called the equation of the centre ( N. 48 ) ; which consequently vanishes at the ...
... is its true longitude ( N. 47 ) : both being estimated from west to east , the direction in which the bodies move . The difference between the two is called the equation of the centre ( N. 48 ) ; which consequently vanishes at the ...
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mutual disturbances only increase or diminish the excentricities of their orbits by very minute quantities ; consequently the magnitude of the sun's mass is the principal cause of the stability of the system .
mutual disturbances only increase or diminish the excentricities of their orbits by very minute quantities ; consequently the magnitude of the sun's mass is the principal cause of the stability of the system .
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Now , the radial disturbing force raries directly as the distance ; and , as it sometimes combines with and increases the intensity of the sun's attraction for the disturbed body , and at other times opposes and consequently diminishes ...
Now , the radial disturbing force raries directly as the distance ; and , as it sometimes combines with and increases the intensity of the sun's attraction for the disturbed body , and at other times opposes and consequently diminishes ...
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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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