On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Matter - Figure of the Planets - How it affects the Motions of their Satellites Rotation and Translation impressed by the same Impulse Motion of the Sun and Solar System . - - It has been proved by Newton , that a particle of matter ( N ...
... Matter - Figure of the Planets - How it affects the Motions of their Satellites Rotation and Translation impressed by the same Impulse Motion of the Sun and Solar System . - - It has been proved by Newton , that a particle of matter ( N ...
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... matter are equal and contrary ( N. 19 ) , the moon must attract the earth with an equal and contrary force . Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ( N. 22 ) , if ...
... matter are equal and contrary ( N. 19 ) , the moon must attract the earth with an equal and contrary force . Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ( N. 22 ) , if ...
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Mary Somerville. The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according ...
Mary Somerville. The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according ...
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... matter at the earth's equator produces a nutation ( N. 33 ) in the axis ( N. 34 ) of rotation , and the reaction of that matter on the moon is the cause of a corresponding nutation in the lunar orbit ( N. 35 ) . If a sphere at rest in ...
... matter at the earth's equator produces a nutation ( N. 33 ) in the axis ( N. 34 ) of rotation , and the reaction of that matter on the moon is the cause of a corresponding nutation in the lunar orbit ( N. 35 ) . If a sphere at rest in ...
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... matter , the stability of the system depends upon the intensity of the primitive mo- mentum ( N. 59 ) of the planets , and the ratio of their masses to that of the sun ; for the nature of the conic sections in which the celestial bodies ...
... matter , the stability of the system depends upon the intensity of the primitive mo- mentum ( N. 59 ) of the planets , and the ratio of their masses to that of the sun ; for the nature of the conic sections in which the celestial bodies ...
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