On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 43
... phenomena , however , happen very seldom , because all the planets , or even a part of them , are very rarely seen in conjunction at once ; that is , in the same part of the heavens at the same time . More than 2500 years before our era ...
... phenomena , however , happen very seldom , because all the planets , or even a part of them , are very rarely seen in conjunction at once ; that is , in the same part of the heavens at the same time . More than 2500 years before our era ...
Page 43
... phenomenon of frequent occurrence . The moon seems to pass over the star , which almost instantaneously vanishes at ... phenomena , observed under any meridian , when compared with those computed for that of Greenwich , and given in the ...
... phenomenon of frequent occurrence . The moon seems to pass over the star , which almost instantaneously vanishes at ... phenomena , observed under any meridian , when compared with those computed for that of Greenwich , and given in the ...
Page 67
... phenomena will occur as often as Saturn has the same longitude with either node of his rings . Each side of these rings has alternately fifteen years of sunshine and fifteen years of darkness . It is a singular result of theory , that ...
... phenomena will occur as often as Saturn has the same longitude with either node of his rings . Each side of these rings has alternately fifteen years of sunshine and fifteen years of darkness . It is a singular result of theory , that ...
Page 69
... phenomena of her motion , the more so as her compression is small , and her mass considerable . In the curve passing through the poles , and that diameter of the moon which always points to the earth , nature has furnished a perma- nent ...
... phenomena of her motion , the more so as her compression is small , and her mass considerable . In the curve passing through the poles , and that diameter of the moon which always points to the earth , nature has furnished a perma- nent ...
Page 77
... phenomena in question must be ascribed to an internal cause . Indeed it is now demonstrated that the strata containing marine diluvia , which are in lofty situations , must have been formed at the bottom of the ocean , and afterwards ...
... phenomena in question must be ascribed to an internal cause . Indeed it is now demonstrated that the strata containing marine diluvia , which are in lofty situations , must have been formed at the bottom of the ocean , and afterwards ...
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