On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 33
... satellites revolve from west to east . Retrograde motion is occasionally met with in the comets and double stars . SECTION V. Lunar Theory - Periodic Perturbations of the Moon c 3 SECT . IV . SATELLITES OF SATURN AND URANUS . 33.
... satellites revolve from west to east . Retrograde motion is occasionally met with in the comets and double stars . SECTION V. Lunar Theory - Periodic Perturbations of the Moon c 3 SECT . IV . SATELLITES OF SATURN AND URANUS . 33.
Page 64
... comets and the telescopic planets . This difficulty has been overcome by Sir John Lubbock , and other mathematicians , who have the honour of having completed the theory of planetary motion , which becomes every day of more importance ...
... comets and the telescopic planets . This difficulty has been overcome by Sir John Lubbock , and other mathematicians , who have the honour of having completed the theory of planetary motion , which becomes every day of more importance ...
Page 69
... comet , the mass of the latter must have been extremely small . If it had been only the hundred thousandth part of that of the earth , it would have rendered the libration sensible . According to analysis , a similar libration exists in ...
... comet , the mass of the latter must have been extremely small . If it had been only the hundred thousandth part of that of the earth , it would have rendered the libration sensible . According to analysis , a similar libration exists in ...
Page 76
... on the surface , if the earth be not disturbed in its rota- tion by a foreign cause , as the collision of a comet , which might have happened in the immensity of time . But , 76 SECT . X. AXIS OF ROTATION INVARIABLE .
... on the surface , if the earth be not disturbed in its rota- tion by a foreign cause , as the collision of a comet , which might have happened in the immensity of time . But , 76 SECT . X. AXIS OF ROTATION INVARIABLE .
Page 88
... comets to their perihelia may possibly mark the present state of astronomy to future ages . The places of the fixed stars are affected by the precession of the equinoxes ; and , as the law of that variation is known , their positions at ...
... comets to their perihelia may possibly mark the present state of astronomy to future ages . The places of the fixed stars are affected by the precession of the equinoxes ; and , as the law of that variation is known , their positions at ...
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