On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... revolving about the sun in that direction for un- known ages . This rotation , which seems to be highly probable , may even have been coeval with its creation . Such a vortex would have no effect on bodies moving with it , but it would ...
... revolving about the sun in that direction for un- known ages . This rotation , which seems to be highly probable , may even have been coeval with its creation . Such a vortex would have no effect on bodies moving with it , but it would ...
Page 61
... revolving about the sun beyond the present boundaries of our system . If , after a lapse of years , the tables formed from a combination of numerous observations should be still inadequate to represent the motions of Uranus , the ...
... revolving about the sun beyond the present boundaries of our system . If , after a lapse of years , the tables formed from a combination of numerous observations should be still inadequate to represent the motions of Uranus , the ...
Page 62
... revolving in a circle in the plane of the ecliptic , the analytical expression of its action on the motion of Uranus , when in numerous points of its orbit , was compared with the observed longitude of Uranus , through a regular series ...
... revolving in a circle in the plane of the ecliptic , the analytical expression of its action on the motion of Uranus , when in numerous points of its orbit , was compared with the observed longitude of Uranus , through a regular series ...
Page 63
... revolving between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter , some by chance , others by a systematic search on the faith that these minute planets are fragments of a larger body that has exploded , because their distances from the sun are nearly ...
... revolving between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter , some by chance , others by a systematic search on the faith that these minute planets are fragments of a larger body that has exploded , because their distances from the sun are nearly ...
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... revolving about a fixed centre , that the momentum or sum of the products of the mass of each into its angular velocity and distance from the centre is a constant quantity , if the system be not deranged by a foreign cause . Now , since ...
... revolving about a fixed centre , that the momentum or sum of the products of the mass of each into its angular velocity and distance from the centre is a constant quantity , if the system be not deranged by a foreign cause . Now , since ...
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