On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 68
... solids , of unequal breadth in different parts of the circumference , so that their centres of gravity do not coincide with the centres of their figures . Professor Struve has also discovered that the centre of the rings is not ...
... solids , of unequal breadth in different parts of the circumference , so that their centres of gravity do not coincide with the centres of their figures . Professor Struve has also discovered that the centre of the rings is not ...
Page 72
... solid mass . But , although these circumstances be insufficient , a variation in the mean temperature would certainly occasion a corresponding change in the velocity of rotation . In the science of dynamics it is a principle in a system ...
... solid mass . But , although these circumstances be insufficient , a variation in the mean temperature would certainly occasion a corresponding change in the velocity of rotation . In the science of dynamics it is a principle in a system ...
Page 76
... solid begins to rotate , it will continue to revolve for ever , pro- vided it be not disturbed by a foreign cause , but that the rota- tion about any other axis will only be for an instant , and con- sequently the poles or extremities ...
... solid begins to rotate , it will continue to revolve for ever , pro- vided it be not disturbed by a foreign cause , but that the rota- tion about any other axis will only be for an instant , and con- sequently the poles or extremities ...
Page 78
... solid bodies beyond a certain limit ; from the experiments of Mr. Perkins they appear to be capable of a greater degree of compression than has generally been imagined . But a density so extreme is not borne out by astronomical ...
... solid bodies beyond a certain limit ; from the experiments of Mr. Perkins they appear to be capable of a greater degree of compression than has generally been imagined . But a density so extreme is not borne out by astronomical ...
Page 94
... solids - a connecting link between time and force . For example : the tidal wave moves across the Southern Ocean with the velocity of 1000 miles an hour , and in the Atlantic it is scarcely less on account of the deep trough which runs ...
... solids - a connecting link between time and force . For example : the tidal wave moves across the Southern Ocean with the velocity of 1000 miles an hour , and in the Atlantic it is scarcely less on account of the deep trough which runs ...
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