On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & Brothers, Publishers, 82 Cliff Street, 1846 - 468 pages |
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... angles to the plane of the orbit , occasions the periodic inequalities in the planet's latitude , and affects the position of the orbit with regard to the plane of the ecliptic . It has been observed , that the radius vector of a planet ...
... angles to the plane of the orbit , occasions the periodic inequalities in the planet's latitude , and affects the position of the orbit with regard to the plane of the ecliptic . It has been observed , that the radius vector of a planet ...
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... angles to the line of the nodes , and the orbit symmetrical on each side of the disturbing force , the average motion of these points , after a revolution of the disturbed body , is retrograde , and comparatively rapid ; but when the ...
... angles to the line of the nodes , and the orbit symmetrical on each side of the disturbing force , the average motion of these points , after a revolution of the disturbed body , is retrograde , and comparatively rapid ; but when the ...
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... angle of 23 ° 27 ' 34 " -69 , will never coincide with the plane of the ecliptic : so there never can be perpetual spring ( N. 79 ) . The rotation of the earth is uniform ; therefore day and night , summer and winter , will con- tinue ...
... angle of 23 ° 27 ' 34 " -69 , will never coincide with the plane of the ecliptic : so there never can be perpetual spring ( N. 79 ) . The rotation of the earth is uniform ; therefore day and night , summer and winter , will con- tinue ...
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... angle of nearly 1 ° 34 ′ 15 ′′ , and that , in passing through the sun , and about midway between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn , it may be regarded as the equator of the solar system , dividing it into two parts , which balance one ...
... angle of nearly 1 ° 34 ′ 15 ′′ , and that , in passing through the sun , and about midway between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn , it may be regarded as the equator of the solar system , dividing it into two parts , which balance one ...
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... angle of 3 ° 5 ' 30 " , so that the action of the sun and of the satellites themselves produces a nutation and precession ( N. 91 ) in his equa- tor , precisely similar to that which takes place in the rotation of the earth , from the ...
... angle of 3 ° 5 ' 30 " , so that the action of the sun and of the satellites themselves produces a nutation and precession ( N. 91 ) in his equa- tor , precisely similar to that which takes place in the rotation of the earth , from the ...
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Page 395 - The squares of the periodic times of the planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the Sun.
Page 29 - ... that the mean longitude of the first satellite, minus three times that of the second, plus twice that of the third, is always equal to two right angles.
Page 22 - That day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fix'd, in all her wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted.
Page 398 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, and these into thirds, fourths, &c.
Page 19 - But, in the midst of all these vicissitudes, the length of the major axes and the mean motions of the planets remain permanently independent of secular changes. They are so connected by Kepler's law, of the squares of the periodic times being proportional to the cubes of the mean distances of the planets from the sun, that one cannot vary without affecting the other.
Page 421 - Whatever the reflecting surface may be, and however obliquely the light may fall upon it, the angle of reflection is always equal to the angle of incidence.
Page 88 - ... there is a meridian about 30° eastward of the moon, where it is always high water both in the hemisphere where the moon is and in that which is opposite. On the west side of this circle the tide is flowing, on the east it is ebbing, and on every part of the meridian at 90° distant it is low water.
Page 296 - The spark taken in the same manner from zinc, cadmium, tin, bismuth, and lead, in the melted state, gives similar results ; but the number, position, and colours of the lines vary in each case. The appearances are so different that, by this mode of examination, the metals may be readily distinguished from each other.
Page 289 - ... reached the horizon. In the night the sea became nearly as luminous as before, but on the fifth night the appearance entirely ceased. " Captain Bonnycastle does not think it proceeded from...