On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... satellites ( N. 32 ) are near enough to be sensibly affected in their motions by the forms of their primaries . The moon , for example , is so near the earth , that the reciprocal attraction between each of her particles , and each of ...
... satellites ( N. 32 ) are near enough to be sensibly affected in their motions by the forms of their primaries . The moon , for example , is so near the earth , that the reciprocal attraction between each of her particles , and each of ...
Page 11
... satellites , and comets . By this problem the motions of translation of the celestial bodies are determined . It is an extremely difficult one , and would be infinitely more so if the disturbing action were not very small when compared ...
... satellites , and comets . By this problem the motions of translation of the celestial bodies are determined . It is an extremely difficult one , and would be infinitely more so if the disturbing action were not very small when compared ...
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... satellites taken together is so small , when compared with that of the sun , that these effects are quite insensible , and could only have been discovered by theory . And , as it is cer- tain that the length of the major axes and the ...
... satellites taken together is so small , when compared with that of the sun , that these effects are quite insensible , and could only have been discovered by theory . And , as it is cer- tain that the length of the major axes and the ...
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... satellites would be different from the influence of those that have none . But the distances of the satellites from their primaries are incomparably less than the distances of the planets from the sun , and from one another . So that ...
... satellites would be different from the influence of those that have none . But the distances of the satellites from their primaries are incomparably less than the distances of the planets from the sun , and from one another . So that ...
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... Satellites Eclipses of the Satellites Velocity of Aberration Ethereal Medium Satellites of Saturn and Light Uranus . THE changes which take place in the planetary system are exhibited on a smaller scale by Jupiter and his satellites ...
... Satellites Eclipses of the Satellites Velocity of Aberration Ethereal Medium Satellites of Saturn and Light Uranus . THE changes which take place in the planetary system are exhibited on a smaller scale by Jupiter and his satellites ...
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