On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 43
... appears that the sun's mean distance from the earth is 399-7 or nearly 400 times greater than that of the moon . The method of finding the absolute distances of the celestial bodies , in miles , is in fact the same with that employed in ...
... appears that the sun's mean distance from the earth is 399-7 or nearly 400 times greater than that of the moon . The method of finding the absolute distances of the celestial bodies , in miles , is in fact the same with that employed in ...
Page 43
... appears that the sun's mean distance from the earth is 399.7 or nearly 400 times greater than that of the moon . The method of finding the absolute distances of the celestial bodies , in miles , is in fact the same with that employed in ...
... appears that the sun's mean distance from the earth is 399.7 or nearly 400 times greater than that of the moon . The method of finding the absolute distances of the celestial bodies , in miles , is in fact the same with that employed in ...
Page 45
... appears , then , that the influence of the centrifugal force is most powerful at the equator , not only because it is actually greater there than elsewhere , but because its whole effect is employed in diminishing gravity , whereas , in ...
... appears , then , that the influence of the centrifugal force is most powerful at the equator , not only because it is actually greater there than elsewhere , but because its whole effect is employed in diminishing gravity , whereas , in ...
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... appears from theory , that a horizontal line passing round the earth through both poles must be nearly an ellipse , having its major axis in the plane of the equator , and its minor axis coincident with the axis of the earth's rotation ...
... appears from theory , that a horizontal line passing round the earth through both poles must be nearly an ellipse , having its major axis in the plane of the equator , and its minor axis coincident with the axis of the earth's rotation ...
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... appears that the length of the degrees increases from the equator to the poles , nearly in proportion to the square of the sine of the latitude ( N. 127 ) . Consequently , the convexity of the earth diminishes from the equator to the ...
... appears that the length of the degrees increases from the equator to the poles , nearly in proportion to the square of the sine of the latitude ( N. 127 ) . Consequently , the convexity of the earth diminishes from the equator to the ...
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