On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... bodies are in motion , and every orbit in a state of perpetual change . Minute as these changes are , they might be supposed to accumulate in the course of ages , sufficiently to derange the whole order of nature , to alter the relative ...
... bodies are in motion , and every orbit in a state of perpetual change . Minute as these changes are , they might be supposed to accumulate in the course of ages , sufficiently to derange the whole order of nature , to alter the relative ...
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... bodies , which was discovered , and the elements of its orbit determined , by M. Valz , at Nimes , has a mean distance of 1.88 ; so it revolves within the zone of instability . It has a shorter periodic time than any of those previously ...
... bodies , which was discovered , and the elements of its orbit determined , by M. Valz , at Nimes , has a mean distance of 1.88 ; so it revolves within the zone of instability . It has a shorter periodic time than any of those previously ...
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... bodies of the solar system , which have all been revolving about the sun in that direction for un- known ages . This rotation , which seems to be highly probable , may even have been coeval with its creation . Such a vortex would have ...
... bodies of the solar system , which have all been revolving about the sun in that direction for un- known ages . This rotation , which seems to be highly probable , may even have been coeval with its creation . Such a vortex would have ...
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... bodies submitted to their mutual attractions only , always maintains a fixed position , whence the oscillations of the system may be estimated through unlimited time . Future astronomers will know , from its im- mutability or variation ...
... bodies submitted to their mutual attractions only , always maintains a fixed position , whence the oscillations of the system may be estimated through unlimited time . Future astronomers will know , from its im- mutability or variation ...
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... bodies , having re- turned to the same relative positions with regard to one another and the sun , begin a new course . The secular variations in the elements of the orbit increase the period of the inequality to 918 years ( N. 84 ) ...
... bodies , having re- turned to the same relative positions with regard to one another and the sun , begin a new course . The secular variations in the elements of the orbit increase the period of the inequality to 918 years ( N. 84 ) ...
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