 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...of gravity at the surface of the sun, and of those planets that are accompanied by satellites, all these discoveries were only sketched by Newton. His...of the perturbations of the celestial motions, he lias only considered those of the lunar motion, of which the most considerable, the evection, has escaped... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 568 pages
...of gravity at the surface of the sun, and of those planets that are accompanied by satellites, all these discoveries were only sketched by Newton. His...is limited by the supposition of their homogenity ; bis solution of the problem of the precession of the equinoxes, though very ingenious, is, notwithstanding... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 590 pages
...of gravity at the surface of the sun, and of those planets that are accompanied by satellites, all these discoveries were only sketched by Newton. His...problem of the precession of the equinoxes, though very ingeuious, is, nottt ithstanding the apparent agreement of his result with observation, in many respects... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...incomplete state. His theory of the figures of the planets is limited, by supposing them to be homogeneous. His solution of the problem of the precession of the equinoxes, though very ingenious, and notwithstanding the apparent agreement of its result with observations, is defective in many particulars.... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...incomplete state. His theory of the figures of the planets is limited, by supposing them to be homogeneous. His solution of the problem of the precession of the equinoxes, though very ingenious, and notwithstanding the apparent agreement of its result with observations, is defective in many particulars.... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...incomplete state. His theory of the figures of the planets is limited, by supposing them to be homogeneous. His solution of the problem of the precession of the 'equinoxes, though very ingenious, and notwithstanding the apparent agreement of its result with observations, is defective in many particulars.... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 504 pages
...Newton. His theory of the figures of the planets was limited by the supposition of their homogeneity. His solution of the problem of the precession of the equinoxes, though very ingenious and accordant with observations, is in many respects defective. In the great number of perturbations... | |
 | James Mason - 1875 - 674 pages
...incomplete state. His theory of the figures of the planets is limited by supposing them to be homogeneous. His solution of the problem of the precession of the equinoxes, though very ingenious, and notwithstanding the apparent agreement of its result with observations, is defective in many particulars.... | |
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... combined action of the Sun and Earth on this satellite. But with the exception of what concerns the elliptic motion of the planets and comets, the attraction of spherical bodies, and the intensity of gravity at the surface of the Sun, and of those... 