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... Its Quantity - Instances of Extraordinary Refraction — Reflection — Instances of Extraordinary Reflection — Loss of Light by the Absorbing Power of the Atmosphere - Apparent Magnitude of Sun and Moon in the Horizon 153 SECTION XIX .
... Its Quantity - Instances of Extraordinary Refraction — Reflection — Instances of Extraordinary Reflection — Loss of Light by the Absorbing Power of the Atmosphere - Apparent Magnitude of Sun and Moon in the Horizon 153 SECTION XIX .
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... Sun's Atmosphere — His influence on the Planets Atmospheres of the Planets — The Moon has none — - Lunar heat — The Differential Telescope — Temperature of Space - Internal Heat of the Earth - Zone of constant Temperature - Increase ...
... Sun's Atmosphere — His influence on the Planets Atmospheres of the Planets — The Moon has none — - Lunar heat — The Differential Telescope — Temperature of Space - Internal Heat of the Earth - Zone of constant Temperature - Increase ...
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By comparison , Newton proved that the force which occasions the fall of bodies at the earth's surface is identical with that which retains the moon in her orbit ; and he concluded , that , as the moon is kept in her orbit by the ...
By comparison , Newton proved that the force which occasions the fall of bodies at the earth's surface is identical with that which retains the moon in her orbit ; and he concluded , that , as the moon is kept in her orbit by the ...
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SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere — Form of Celestial Bodies Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit · The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass Gravitation of the Particles of Matter ...
SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere — Form of Celestial Bodies Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit · The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass Gravitation of the Particles of Matter ...
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minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's distance ( N , 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first ...
minished in the ratio ( N. 16 ) of 1 to 3600 , which is the square of the moon's distance ( N , 17 ) from the earth's centre , estimated in terrestrial radii , it is found to be exactly the space the moon would fall through in the first ...
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