On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesMurray, 1858 - 555 pages |
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Page 29
... matter at Jupiter's equator is continually changing its position with regard to the satellites , and produces corresponding mutations in their motions . And , as the cause must be proportional to the effect , these inequalities afford ...
... matter at Jupiter's equator is continually changing its position with regard to the satellites , and produces corresponding mutations in their motions . And , as the cause must be proportional to the effect , these inequalities afford ...
Page 38
... matter at the earth's equator occasions periodic variations in her longitude , and also that remarkable inequality in her latitude , already mentioned as a nutation in the lunar orbit , which diminishes its inclination to the ecliptic ...
... matter at the earth's equator occasions periodic variations in her longitude , and also that remarkable inequality in her latitude , already mentioned as a nutation in the lunar orbit , which diminishes its inclination to the ecliptic ...
Page 50
... matter at the earth's equator . And , although these inequalities do not give the absolute value of the terrestrial compression , they show that the fraction expressing it is comprised between the limits and 33 . It might be expected ...
... matter at the earth's equator . And , although these inequalities do not give the absolute value of the terrestrial compression , they show that the fraction expressing it is comprised between the limits and 33 . It might be expected ...
Page 55
... matter in any two primary planets are directly as the cubes of the mean distances at which their satellites revolve , and inversely as the squares of their periodic times ( N. 135 ) , the mass of the sun and of any planets which have ...
... matter in any two primary planets are directly as the cubes of the mean distances at which their satellites revolve , and inversely as the squares of their periodic times ( N. 135 ) , the mass of the sun and of any planets which have ...
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... matter at the equator . Jupiter revolves in less than ten hours round an axis at right angles to certain dark belts or bands , which always cross his equator . ( See Plate 1. ) This rapid rotation occasions a very great compression in ...
... matter at the equator . Jupiter revolves in less than ten hours round an axis at right angles to certain dark belts or bands , which always cross his equator . ( See Plate 1. ) This rapid rotation occasions a very great compression in ...
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