On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Moon in her Orbit - The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass Gravitation of - Figure of the Planets How it affects the Rotation and Translation impressed by the Motion of the Sun and Solar System . the ...
... Moon in her Orbit - The Heavenly Bodies move in Conic Sections Gravitation Proportional to Mass Gravitation of - Figure of the Planets How it affects the Rotation and Translation impressed by the Motion of the Sun and Solar System . the ...
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... 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 second of her descent to the earth , were she not prevented by 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 second of her descent to the earth , were she not prevented by the ...
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... moon on the 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 ...
... moon on the 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 ...
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... moon , the earth , and the sun - namely , the masses being given of three bodies projected from three given points , with velocities given both in quantity and direction ; and sup- posing the bodies to gravitate to one another with ...
... moon , the earth , and the sun - namely , the masses being given of three bodies projected from three given points , with velocities given both in quantity and direction ; and sup- posing the bodies to gravitate to one another with ...
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... moon . Hence the protuberant 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 ...
... moon . Hence the protuberant 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 ...
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