On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Solar System and of the Universe Great Inequality of Jupiter and Saturn . THE planets are subject to disturbances of two kinds , both resulting from the constant operation of their reciprocal attrac- tion : one kind , depending upon ...
... Solar System and of the Universe Great Inequality of Jupiter and Saturn . THE planets are subject to disturbances of two kinds , both resulting from the constant operation of their reciprocal attrac- tion : one kind , depending upon ...
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... solar system , secular as well as periodic , are expressed analytically by the sines and cosines of circular arcs ( N. 76 ) , which increase with the time ; and , as a sine or cosine can never exceed the radius , but must oscillate ...
... solar system , secular as well as periodic , are expressed analytically by the sines and cosines of circular arcs ( N. 76 ) , which increase with the time ; and , as a sine or cosine can never exceed the radius , but must oscillate ...
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... solar system , and has found that the orbits of all the larger planets will for ever maintain an unalterable stability in form and position ; for , though liable to mutations of very long periods , they return again exactly to what they ...
... solar system , and has found that the orbits of all the larger planets will for ever maintain an unalterable stability in form and position ; for , though liable to mutations of very long periods , they return again exactly to what they ...
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... solar system , dividing it into two parts , which balance one another in all their motions . This plane of greatest inertia , by no means peculiar to the solar sys- tem , but existing in every system of bodies submitted to their mutual ...
... solar system , dividing it into two parts , which balance one another in all their motions . This plane of greatest inertia , by no means peculiar to the solar sys- tem , but existing in every system of bodies submitted to their mutual ...
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... solar system . One , in the mean motions of the Earth and Venus , only amounting to a few seconds , has been recently worked out with immense labour by Professor Airy . It accomplishes its changes in 240 years , and arises from the ...
... solar system . One , in the mean motions of the Earth and Venus , only amounting to a few seconds , has been recently worked out with immense labour by Professor Airy . It accomplishes its changes in 240 years , and arises from the ...
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