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Influence of Temperature on Vegetation — Vegetation varies with the Latitude and Height above the Sea - Geographical Distribution of Land Plants - Distribution of Marine Plants – Corallines , Shell - fish , Reptiles , Insects , Birds ...
Influence of Temperature on Vegetation — Vegetation varies with the Latitude and Height above the Sea - Geographical Distribution of Land Plants - Distribution of Marine Plants – Corallines , Shell - fish , Reptiles , Insects , Birds ...
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... A PLANET moves in its elliptical orbit with a velocity varying every instant , in consequence of two forces , one tending to the centre of the sun , and the other in the direction of a tangent ( N. 38 ) to its orbit , arising from ...
... A PLANET moves in its elliptical orbit with a velocity varying every instant , in consequence of two forces , one tending to the centre of the sun , and the other in the direction of a tangent ( N. 38 ) to its orbit , arising from ...
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The inequality of this attrac ; tion is the sole cause of perturbation , and the difference between the disturbing planet's action on the sun and on the disturbed planet constitutes the disturbing force , which consequently varies in ...
The inequality of this attrac ; tion is the sole cause of perturbation , and the difference between the disturbing planet's action on the sun and on the disturbed planet constitutes the disturbing force , which consequently varies in ...
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It has already been shown , that the force pro> a ducing perfectly elliptical motion varies inversely as the square SECT . III . 15 DISTURBING FORCES .
It has already been shown , that the force pro> a ducing perfectly elliptical motion varies inversely as the square SECT . III . 15 DISTURBING FORCES .
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a ducing perfectly elliptical motion varies inversely as the square of the distance , and that a force following any other law would cause the body to move in a curve of a very different kind . Now , the radial disturbing force raries ...
a ducing perfectly elliptical motion varies inversely as the square of the distance , and that a force following any other law would cause the body to move in a curve of a very different kind . Now , the radial disturbing force raries ...
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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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