Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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... rotating " in any other way , unless it has a satellite . Mercury , Venus , all the moons of other planets that have marks to disclose rotation , are examples . It would be an anomaly , a violation of well- known mechanical principles ...
... rotating " in any other way , unless it has a satellite . Mercury , Venus , all the moons of other planets that have marks to disclose rotation , are examples . It would be an anomaly , a violation of well- known mechanical principles ...
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... rotation than the inertia on the side of A which tends to decrease that rotation . The effect then of sudden check- ing of the revolution on the arm CM is to increase the speed of rotation of the moon . Instead of a sudden checking of ...
... rotation than the inertia on the side of A which tends to decrease that rotation . The effect then of sudden check- ing of the revolution on the arm CM is to increase the speed of rotation of the moon . Instead of a sudden checking of ...
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... rotation in the earth , but the very same acceleration will tend to increase the speed of rotation by the action of the differential gravitational forces . These forces are positive and would doubtless predominate . Given any slight ...
... rotation in the earth , but the very same acceleration will tend to increase the speed of rotation by the action of the differential gravitational forces . These forces are positive and would doubtless predominate . Given any slight ...
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Bolide observed A bright 451 | 114 |
STELLAR DISTANCES FREDERICK SLOCUM | 117 |
METEORITIC FOSSILS BEN HUR WILSON | 125 |
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