 In this case, it is obvious that the plane of the circle of illumination would be perpendicular to a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth...  Fuel of the Sun - Page 48by William Mattieu Williams - 1870 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Isaac Newton - 1729 - 546 pages
...radius CP, we fuppofe the fphere P ape to be defended, and QJR. to denote the plane on which a right line, drawn from the centre of the Sun to the centre of the Earth, injijls at right angles, and farther fuppofe, that the fever al particles of the whole exterior... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1807 - 506 pages
...Kepler was the first who discovered the great and universal law of the motion of planets ; namely, that a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the planet, and revolving with it, would always describe equal areas in equal times ; insomuch that, however... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1811 - 388 pages
...not uuifomi, yet it is regulated by a certain immutable law, from which it never deviates ; which is, that a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the •earth, being carried about with an angular motion, describes an elliptical area proportional... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1812 - 218 pages
...; yet its motion is regulated by a certain immutable law, from which it never deviates ; which is, that a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth, being carried about with an angular motion, describes an elliptical area, proportional to... | |
 | George Adams - 1812 - 586 pages
...the dark side, and is the boundary between light and darkness, is generally called the terminator. A line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth, is perpendicular to the plane of this circle. ' It is plain that, when any given place on... | |
 | George Adams - 1812 - 552 pages
...the dark side, and is the boundary between light and darkness, is generally called the terminator. A line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth, is perpendicular to the plane of this circle. It is plain that, when any given place on... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pages
...Kepler was the first who discovered the great and universal law of the motion of planets ; namely, that a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the planet, and revolving with it, would always describe equal areas in equal times ; insomuch that, however... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...which joins these two points, is called the line of the apsides. The radins vector is an imaginary line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the planet, in any part of its orhit. The velosity of a planet in its orhit is always greatest at its... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1821 - 408 pages
...not uniform, yet it is regulated by a certain immutable law, from which it never deviates ; which is, that a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth, being carried about with an angular motion, describes an elliptical area proportional to... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1822 - 1008 pages
...not uniform, yet it is regulated by a certain immutable law, from which it never deviates ; which is, that a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth, being carried about with an angular motion, describes an elliptical area proportional to... | |
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