On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 10
... action is proportional to his mass , which is much larger than that of all the planets put together , the elliptical is the nearest approximation to their true motions . The true motions of the planets are extremely complicated , in ...
... action is proportional to his mass , which is much larger than that of all the planets put together , the elliptical is the nearest approximation to their true motions . The true motions of the planets are extremely complicated , in ...
Page 11
... action were not very small when compared with the central force ; that is , if the action of the planets on one another were not very small when compared with that of the sun . As the disturbing influence of each body may be found ...
... action were not very small when compared with the central force ; that is , if the action of the planets on one another were not very small when compared with that of the sun . As the disturbing influence of each body may be found ...
Page 17
... action of Saturn alone . A variation in the excentricity of the disturbed planet's orbit is an immediate consequence of the deviation from elliptical curvature , caused by the action of the disturbing force . When the path of the body ...
... action of Saturn alone . A variation in the excentricity of the disturbed planet's orbit is an immediate consequence of the deviation from elliptical curvature , caused by the action of the disturbing force . When the path of the body ...
Page 18
... action , it sometimes makes the plane of the orbit of the disturbed body tend to coin- cide with the plane of the ecliptic , and sometimes increases its inclination to that plane . In consequence of which , its nodes alternately recede ...
... action , it sometimes makes the plane of the orbit of the disturbed body tend to coin- cide with the plane of the ecliptic , and sometimes increases its inclination to that plane . In consequence of which , its nodes alternately recede ...
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... action of Saturn alone , require 36,261 years to accomplish even a tropical revolution . In what precedes , the influence of only one disturbing body has been considered ; but , when the action and reaction of the whole system are taken ...
... action of Saturn alone , require 36,261 years to accomplish even a tropical revolution . In what precedes , the influence of only one disturbing body has been considered ; but , when the action and reaction of the whole system are taken ...
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