 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pages
...Contrary to the unbroken analogy of the whole planetary system — whether of primaries or secondaries — the planes of their orbits are nearly perpendicular...these orbits their motions are retrograde; that is to say, their positions, when projected on the ecliptic, instead of advancing from west to east round... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...Contrary to the unbroken analogy of the whole planetary system — whether of primaries or secondaries — the planes of their orbits are nearly perpendicular...these orbits their motions are retrograde; that is to say, their positions, when projected on the ecliptic, instead of advancing from west to east round... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 564 pages
...of primaries or secondaries — the planes of their orbits are nearly perpendicular to the ecliptie, being inclined no less than 78° 58' to that plane,...these orbits their motions are retrograde; that is to say, their positions, when projected on the ecliptie, instead of advancing from vest to east, round... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 300 pages
...inclination of his orbit. How would the sun appear from Uranus ? State the history of its discovery. however, offer remarkable, and indeed quite unexpected...own axes, or around the sun, are from west to east. The sun, himself, turns on his axis from west to east ; all the primary planets revolve around the... | |
 | John Hymers - 1840 - 386 pages
...peculiarity that the planes of their orbits are nearly perpendicular to the ecliptic, being inclined at about 78°. 58' to that plane; and in these orbits their motions are from east to west, or retrograde. With the exception of the two interior satellites of Saturn, the... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 pages
...of the whole planetary system, the planes of their orbits are nearly perpendicular to the ecliptic, and in these orbits their motions are retrograde ;...own axes, or around the sun, are from west to east. The sun himself turns on his axis from west to east ; all the primary planets revolve around the sun... | |
 | John Lee COMSTOCK (and HOBLYN (Richard Dennis)), John Lee COMSTOCK - 1846 - 506 pages
...Contrary to the unbroken analogy of the whole planetary system,—whether of primaries or secondaries— the planes of their orbits are nearly perpendicular...these orbits their motions are retrograde; that is to say, their positions, when projected on the ecliptic, instead of advancing from west to fast round... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 672 pages
...Contrary to the unbroken analogy of the whole planetary system—whether of primaries or secondaries—the planes of their orbits are nearly perpendicular to...these orbits their motions are retrograde • that is to say, their positions, when projected on the ecliptic, instead of advancingyrom west to east round... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1851 - 706 pages
...Contrary to the unbroken analogy of the whole planetary system — whether of primaries or secondaries — the planes of their orbits are nearly perpendicular...these orbits their motions are retrograde; that is to say, their positions, when projected on the ecliptic, instead of advancing from west to east round... | |
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These satellites offer remarkable, and indeed quite unexpected and unexampled peculiarities. Contrary to the unbroken analogy of the whole planetary system, the planes of their orbits are nearly perpendicular to the ecliptic, being inclined no less than... 
