On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... ecliptic . Planetary motion , including both these kinds of disturbance , may be represented by a body revolving in an ellipse , and making small and transient deviations , now on one side of its path , and now on the other , whilst the ...
... ecliptic . Planetary motion , including both these kinds of disturbance , may be represented by a body revolving in an ellipse , and making small and transient deviations , now on one side of its path , and now on the other , whilst the ...
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... ecliptic . It has been observed , that the radius vector of a planet , moving in a perfectly elliptical orbit , passes over equal spaces or areas in equal times ; a circumstance which is independent of the law of the force , and would ...
... ecliptic . It has been observed , that the radius vector of a planet , moving in a perfectly elliptical orbit , passes over equal spaces or areas in equal times ; a circumstance which is independent of the law of the force , and would ...
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... ecliptic , and sometimes increases its inclination to that plane . In consequence of which , its nodes alternately recede or advance on the ecliptic ( N. 73 ) . When the disturbing planet is in the line of the disturbed planet's nodes ...
... ecliptic , and sometimes increases its inclination to that plane . In consequence of which , its nodes alternately recede or advance on the ecliptic ( N. 73 ) . When the disturbing planet is in the line of the disturbed planet's nodes ...
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... ecliptic ( N. 71 ) itself is in motion from the mutual action of the earth and planets , so that the whole is a compound phenomenon of great complexity , extending through unknown ages . At the present time the inclinations of all the ...
... ecliptic ( N. 71 ) itself is in motion from the mutual action of the earth and planets , so that the whole is a compound phenomenon of great complexity , extending through unknown ages . At the present time the inclinations of all the ...
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... ecliptic , and the revolutions of all the bodies , as well planets as satellites , in the same direction . These secure the perpetual stability of the solar system ( N. 77 ) . However , at the time that the stability was proved by La ...
... ecliptic , and the revolutions of all the bodies , as well planets as satellites , in the same direction . These secure the perpetual stability of the solar system ( N. 77 ) . However , at the time that the stability was proved by La ...
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