On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... known by observation that five times the mean motion of Saturn is nearly equal to twice that of Jupiter ; a relation which the sagacity of La Place perceived to be the cause of a periodic irregularity in the mean motion of each of these ...
... known by observation that five times the mean motion of Saturn is nearly equal to twice that of Jupiter ; a relation which the sagacity of La Place perceived to be the cause of a periodic irregularity in the mean motion of each of these ...
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... known of the theories of the satellites of Saturn and Uranus is , in all respects , similar to that of Jupiter . Saturn is accompanied by eight satellites . The seventh is about the size of Mars , and the eighth was simultaneously ...
... known of the theories of the satellites of Saturn and Uranus is , in all respects , similar to that of Jupiter . Saturn is accompanied by eight satellites . The seventh is about the size of Mars , and the eighth was simultaneously ...
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... known to belong to that planet . The satellites of Uranus and Neptune , the two planets on the remotest verge of the solar system , offer the singular and only instance of a revolution from east to west , while all the planets and all ...
... known to belong to that planet . The satellites of Uranus and Neptune , the two planets on the remotest verge of the solar system , offer the singular and only instance of a revolution from east to west , while all the planets and all ...
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... known from that of the sun at the instant of opposition ( N. 83 ) , whence her mean longitude may be found . But the comparison of this mean longitude with another mean longitude , computed back for the instant of the eclipse from ...
... known from that of the sun at the instant of opposition ( N. 83 ) , whence her mean longitude may be found . But the comparison of this mean longitude with another mean longitude , computed back for the instant of the eclipse from ...
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... known ; for the forces which retain the earth and moon in their orbits are respectively proportional to the radii vectores of the earth and moon , each being divided by the square of its periodic time . And , as the lunar theory gives ...
... known ; for the forces which retain the earth and moon in their orbits are respectively proportional to the radii vectores of the earth and moon , each being divided by the square of its periodic time . And , as the lunar theory gives ...
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