On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... proved by La Grange and La Place , the telescopic planets between Mars and Jupiter had not been disco- vered ; but La Grange , having investigated the subject under a very general point of view , showed that , if a planetary system be ...
... proved by La Grange and La Place , the telescopic planets between Mars and Jupiter had not been disco- vered ; but La Grange , having investigated the subject under a very general point of view , showed that , if a planetary system be ...
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... proved ; and , although it is so extremely rare that hitherto its effects on the motions of the planets have been altogether insensible , there can be no doubt that , in the immensity of time , it will modify the forms of the planetary ...
... proved ; and , although it is so extremely rare that hitherto its effects on the motions of the planets have been altogether insensible , there can be no doubt that , in the immensity of time , it will modify the forms of the planetary ...
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... prove that his mass is not homogeneous . Although the apparent diameters of the satellites are too small to be ... proved by theory , that , if these relations had only been approximate when the satellites were first launched into ...
... prove that his mass is not homogeneous . Although the apparent diameters of the satellites are too small to be ... proved by theory , that , if these relations had only been approximate when the satellites were first launched into ...
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Mary Somerville. and prove connections which we might otherwise be unable to trace . The identity of the velocity of light ... proved by the theory of falling bodies , since the centrifugal force it induces retards the oscillations of the ...
Mary Somerville. and prove connections which we might otherwise be unable to trace . The identity of the velocity of light ... proved by the theory of falling bodies , since the centrifugal force it induces retards the oscillations of the ...
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... proved that neither of these causes , even if they exist , have any influence on the motions of the lunar perigee ( N. 102 ) or nodes , they could not affect the mean motion ; a variation 36 SECT . V. DISTURBING ACTION OF PLANETS .
... proved that neither of these causes , even if they exist , have any influence on the motions of the lunar perigee ( N. 102 ) or nodes , they could not affect the mean motion ; a variation 36 SECT . V. DISTURBING ACTION OF PLANETS .
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