Mechanism of the HeavensJ. Murray, 1831 - 621 pages |
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Page vii
... to consist of an infinite number of concentric hollow spheres . This however is not the case with a spheroid , but the celestial bodies are so b 2 PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION . vii distance of the sun and planets, and make the ...
... to consist of an infinite number of concentric hollow spheres . This however is not the case with a spheroid , but the celestial bodies are so b 2 PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION . vii distance of the sun and planets, and make the ...
Page viii
Mary Somerville. with a spheroid , but the celestial bodies are so nearly spherical , and at such remote distances from each other , that they attract and are attracted as if each were a dense point situate in its centre of gravity , a ...
Mary Somerville. with a spheroid , but the celestial bodies are so nearly spherical , and at such remote distances from each other , that they attract and are attracted as if each were a dense point situate in its centre of gravity , a ...
Page ix
... , the equatorial particles would recede from the centre till their increase in number balanced the centrifugal force by their attraction , consequently the sphere would become an oblate spheroid PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION . ix.
... , the equatorial particles would recede from the centre till their increase in number balanced the centrifugal force by their attraction , consequently the sphere would become an oblate spheroid PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION . ix.
Page x
Mary Somerville. attraction , consequently the sphere would become an oblate spheroid ; and a fluid partially or ... spheroidal , and the surface of the earth only devi- ates from that figure where it rises above or sinks below the level ...
Mary Somerville. attraction , consequently the sphere would become an oblate spheroid ; and a fluid partially or ... spheroidal , and the surface of the earth only devi- ates from that figure where it rises above or sinks below the level ...
Page xvii
... spheroid is very great in consequence of his rapid 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 ...
... spheroid is very great in consequence of his rapid 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 ...
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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