On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesMurray, 1858 - 555 pages |
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... Matter Figure of the Planets How it affects the Motions of their Satellites - Rotation and Translation impressed by the same Impulse Motion of the Sun and Solar System - SECTION II . - - ยท Celestial Latitude - ---- Ecliptic - Nodes 4 ...
... Matter Figure of the Planets How it affects the Motions of their Satellites - Rotation and Translation impressed by the same Impulse Motion of the Sun and Solar System - SECTION II . - - ยท Celestial Latitude - ---- Ecliptic - Nodes 4 ...
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... matter should reciprocally act upon matter . Physical astronomy is the science which compares and identifies the laws of motion observed on earth with the motions that take place in the heavens : and which traces , by an uninterrupted ...
... matter should reciprocally act upon matter . Physical astronomy is the science which compares and identifies the laws of motion observed on earth with the motions that take place in the heavens : and which traces , by an uninterrupted ...
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... Matter Figure of the Planets How it affects the Motions of their Satellites Rotation and Translation impressed by the same Impulse Motion of the Sun and Solar System . - - IT has been proved by Newton , that a particle of matter ( N. 6 ) ...
... Matter Figure of the Planets How it affects the Motions of their Satellites Rotation and Translation impressed by the same Impulse Motion of the Sun and Solar System . - - IT has been proved by Newton , that a particle of matter ( N. 6 ) ...
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... matter are equal and contrary ( N. 19 ) , the moon must attract the earth with an equal and contrary force . Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ( N. 22 ) , if ...
... matter are equal and contrary ( N. 19 ) , the moon must attract the earth with an equal and contrary force . Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ( N. 22 ) , if ...
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Mary Somerville. The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according ...
Mary Somerville. The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according ...
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