Mechanism of the HeavensJ. Murray, 1831 - 621 pages |
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Page v
... rotations of the planets , and the oscillations of the fluids at their surfaces , and which estimates the changes the system has hitherto undergone or may hereafter experience , changes which require millions of years for their ...
... rotations of the planets , and the oscillations of the fluids at their surfaces , and which estimates the changes the system has hitherto undergone or may hereafter experience , changes which require millions of years for their ...
Page ix
... rotation . For , the centrifugal force diminishes the gravity of the particles at the equator , and equilibrium can only exist when these two forces are balanced by an increase of gravity ; therefore , as the attractive force is the ...
... rotation . For , the centrifugal force diminishes the gravity of the particles at the equator , and equilibrium can only exist when these two forces are balanced by an increase of gravity ; therefore , as the attractive force is the ...
Page x
... rotation is the most rapid , differs but little from a sphere . Although the planets attract each other as if they were spheres on account of their immense distances , yet the satellites are near enough to be sensibly affected in their ...
... rotation is the most rapid , differs but little from a sphere . Although the planets attract each other as if they were spheres on account of their immense distances , yet the satellites are near enough to be sensibly affected in their ...
Page xv
... rotation of the earth is uniform ; therefore day and night , summer and winter , will continue their vicissitudes while the system endures , or is untroubled by foreign causes . Yonder starry sphere Of planets , and of fix'd , in all ...
... rotation of the earth is uniform ; therefore day and night , summer and winter , will continue their vicissitudes while the system endures , or is untroubled by foreign causes . Yonder starry sphere Of planets , and of fix'd , in all ...
Page xvii
... rotation ; and as the masses of the satellites are nearly 100000 times less than that of Ju- piter , the immense quantity of prominent matter at his equa- tor must soon have given the circular form observed in the orbits of the first ...
... rotation ; and as the masses of the satellites are nearly 100000 times less than that of Ju- piter , the immense quantity of prominent matter at his equa- tor must soon have given the circular form observed in the orbits of the first ...
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A₁ action angle ascending node attraction axes axis B₁ becomes c'mv centre of gravity centrifugal force co-ordinates coefficients comets computed conic sections consequently cosines curve density depending determined differential direction disturbing forces dR dR dt dt earth eccentricity ecliptic elements epoch equal equilibrium equinoxes expression fixed plane fluid functions give hence inclination indefinitely small integral Jupiter latitude mass mean anomaly mean distance mean longitude mean motion moon moon's move nearly observation omitted orbit of Jupiter oscillations parallax particle perigee perihelion periodic inequalities perturbations planets preceding equation preceding values radius vector ratio regard rotation satellites Saturn secular inequalities secular variations sidereal sine spheroid square substituted surface system of bodies terrestrial theory tion true longitude Uranus velocity whence zero