Mechanism of the HeavensJ. Murray, 1831 - 621 pages |
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Page v
... surface , is identical with that which retains the moon in her orbit ; and induction led him to con- clude that as ... surfaces , and which estimates the changes the system has hitherto undergone or may hereafter experience , changes ...
... surface , is identical with that which retains the moon in her orbit ; and induction led him to con- clude that as ... surfaces , and which estimates the changes the system has hitherto undergone or may hereafter experience , changes ...
Page vii
... surface of a hollow sphere is attracted by it in the same manner as if its mass , or the whole matter it contains , were collected in its centre . The same is therefore true of a solid sphere which may be supposed to consist of an ...
... surface of a hollow sphere is attracted by it in the same manner as if its mass , or the whole matter it contains , were collected in its centre . The same is therefore true of a solid sphere which may be supposed to consist of an ...
Page viii
... surface in that latitude , the square of whose sine is , is the same as if it were a sphere ; and experience shows that bodies there fall through 16.0697 feet in a second . The mean distance of the moon from the earth is about sixty ...
... surface in that latitude , the square of whose sine is , is the same as if it were a sphere ; and experience shows that bodies there fall through 16.0697 feet in a second . The mean distance of the moon from the earth is about sixty ...
Page ix
... surface at the same time . The satellites also gravitate to their primaries accord- ing to the same law that their primaries do to the sun . Hence , by the law of action and reaction , each body is itself the centre of an attractive ...
... surface at the same time . The satellites also gravitate to their primaries accord- ing to the same law that their primaries do to the sun . Hence , by the law of action and reaction , each body is itself the centre of an attractive ...
Page x
... surface of the sea is therefore spheroidal , and the surface of the earth only devi- ates from that figure where it rises above or sinks below the level of the sea ; but the deviation is so small that it is unim- portant when compared ...
... surface of the sea is therefore spheroidal , and the surface of the earth only devi- ates from that figure where it rises above or sinks below the level of the sea ; but the deviation is so small that it is unim- portant when compared ...
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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