On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Earth determined from it — Lunar , Solar , and Planetary Eclipses Occulta- tions and Lunar Distances Mean Distance of the Sun from the Earth obtained from Lunar Theory Absolute Distances of the Planets , how found . OUR constant ...
... Earth determined from it — Lunar , Solar , and Planetary Eclipses Occulta- tions and Lunar Distances Mean Distance of the Sun from the Earth obtained from Lunar Theory Absolute Distances of the Planets , how found . OUR constant ...
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... earth's attraction . This secular increase in the moon's velocity is called the Acceleration , a name peculiarly appropriate at present , and which will continue to be so for a vast number of ages ; because , as long as the earth's ...
... earth's attraction . This secular increase in the moon's velocity is called the Acceleration , a name peculiarly appropriate at present , and which will continue to be so for a vast number of ages ; because , as long as the earth's ...
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... earth , and occasions the acceleration in the moon's mean motion , must affect the nodes and perigee . It ... earth's orbit , which connects them with the Acceleration , so that both are retarded when the mean motion is anticipated . The ...
... earth , and occasions the acceleration in the moon's mean motion , must affect the nodes and perigee . It ... earth's orbit , which connects them with the Acceleration , so that both are retarded when the mean motion is anticipated . The ...
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... earth does , it would assume the form of a spheroid whose compression is . Since that is not the case , the earth cannot be homogeneous , but must decrease in density from its centre to its circumference . Thus the moon's eclipses show ...
... earth does , it would assume the form of a spheroid whose compression is . Since that is not the case , the earth cannot be homogeneous , but must decrease in density from its centre to its circumference . Thus the moon's eclipses show ...
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... earth's shadow . And as the horizontal refraction ( N. 114 ) or bending of the rays surpasses half the sum of the semidiameters of the sun and moon , divided by their mutual distance , the centre of the lunar disc , supposed to be in ...
... earth's shadow . And as the horizontal refraction ( N. 114 ) or bending of the rays surpasses half the sum of the semidiameters of the sun and moon , divided by their mutual distance , the centre of the lunar disc , supposed to be in ...
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