 | 1809 - 596 pages
...of the sun, and from thence let us consider [contemfilont, contemplate] the earth and the planets. All these bodies will appear to move from west to...in such a manner that the squares of the periodic tima are in proportion to the cubes of their mean distances. According to this remarkable law, the... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...identity in the direction indicates a motion of the earth, but that which demonstrates it is evidently the law which exists between the times of the revolutions of the planets and their distances from the Sun. They revolve round it slower, as their distances are greater, and in such a... | |
 | George G. Carey - 1825 - 274 pages
...established principles of mechanics and is quite inconsistent with the law which is known to subsist between the times of the revolutions of the planets, and their distance from the sun. For the farther they are from the sun, their motion is the slowed. Thenperiodic times of revolution... | |
 | 1835 - 398 pages
...established principles of mechanics, and is quite inconsistent with the law which is known to subsist between the times of the revolutions of the planets, and their distance from the sun, for the further they are from the sun their motion is the slower: their periodic times of revolution... | |
 | Treasury - 1853 - 276 pages
...best established principles of mechanics, and is quite opposed to the law which is known to subsist between the times of the revolutions of the planets, and their distance from the sun ; for the farther they are from the sun, their motion is the slower. CONTINENTS AND ISLANDS. The portion... | |
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All these bodies will appear to move from west to east; already this identity in the direction indicates a motion of the Earth, but that which demonstrates it evidently is the law which exists between the times of the revolutions of the planets, and their... 