On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 33
... instance of a revolution from east to west , while all the planets and all the other satellites revolve from west to east . Retrograde motion is occasionally met with in the comets and double stars . SECTION V. Lunar Theory - Periodic ...
... instance of a revolution from east to west , while all the planets and all the other satellites revolve from west to east . Retrograde motion is occasionally met with in the comets and double stars . SECTION V. Lunar Theory - Periodic ...
Page 40
... Instances are recorded where this feeble light has been entirely absorbed , so that the moon has altogether disappeared in her eclipses . The sun is eclipsed when the moon intercepts his rays ( N. 115 ) . The moon , though incomparably ...
... Instances are recorded where this feeble light has been entirely absorbed , so that the moon has altogether disappeared in her eclipses . The sun is eclipsed when the moon intercepts his rays ( N. 115 ) . The moon , though incomparably ...
Page 89
... instance of this most interesting applica- tion of astronomy , in ascertaining the date of a papyrus , sent from Egypt by Mr. Salt , in the hieroglyphical researches of the late Dr. Thomas Young , whose profound and varied acquirements ...
... instance of this most interesting applica- tion of astronomy , in ascertaining the date of a papyrus , sent from Egypt by Mr. Salt , in the hieroglyphical researches of the late Dr. Thomas Young , whose profound and varied acquirements ...
Page 91
... . Thus the waters immediately under the moon are drawn from the earth , at the same time that the earth is drawn from those which are diametrically opposite to her , in both instances SECT . XIII . 91 THEORY OF THE TIDES .
... . Thus the waters immediately under the moon are drawn from the earth , at the same time that the earth is drawn from those which are diametrically opposite to her , in both instances SECT . XIII . 91 THEORY OF THE TIDES .
Page 92
Mary Somerville. which are diametrically opposite to her , in both instances pro- ducing an elevation of the ocean of nearly the same height above the surface of equilibrium ; for the diminution of the gravitation of the particles in ...
Mary Somerville. which are diametrically opposite to her , in both instances pro- ducing an elevation of the ocean of nearly the same height above the surface of equilibrium ; for the diminution of the gravitation of the particles in ...
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