 It has been found that, with respect to any two planets, the squares of the times of revolutions are to each other in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances,— a most surprising result, for the discovery of which the world was indebted...  Student's Class Book of Astronomy - Page 166by Francis Bullock - 1873 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1845 - 342 pages
...sun. It has been found that, with respect to any two planets, the squares of the times of revolutions are to each other in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances,— a most surprising result, for the discovery of which the world was indebted to the illustrious Kepler.... | |
 | Thomas Monck Mason - 1845 - 208 pages
...sun. It has been found that, with respect to any two planets, the squares of the times of revolution are to each other in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances— a most surprising result, for the discovery of which the world was indebted to the illustrious Kepler.... | |
 | 1845 - 144 pages
...fluid), but in proportion to their mass or quantity of matter. The squares of the periodic times of the planets are to each other in the same proportion as the cubes of their distances from the sun ; and this, let me remark in passing, establishes what Plato had divined (I... | |
 | 1845 - 334 pages
...notion, and upon making the calculations anew, and free from error, he discovered the great law, that the squares of the periodic times of any two planets are to one another as the cubes of their distances from the sun. Enchanted with this unexpected result, he... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1846 - 318 pages
...sun. It has been found that, with respect to any two planets, the squares of the times of revolutions are to each other in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances — a most surprising result, for the discovery of which the world was indebted to the illustrious... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1848 - 566 pages
...central sun is, nor have we a clear notion of what Kepler really found out, when he discovered that " the squares of the periodic times of any two planets are to each other, in the same proportion as the robes of their mean distances from the sun," nor do we—but we need not go on exposing our ignorance)—we... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...physical fact, which unfolded before him the unity of the solar system. This was the discovery, that the squares of the periodic times of any two planets are to one another as the cubes of their distances from the sun. His joy was unbounded at this discovery,... | |
 | 1849 - 654 pages
...Ibs., on the earth would produce a pressure of 4687 Ibs. on the sun." (P. 262.) Kepter'i Third Law. " The squares of the periodic times of any two planets...each other in the same proportion as the cubes of the mean distances from the sun. The expression for this law requires a slight modification when we... | |
 | 1849 - 656 pages
...Ibs., on the earth would produce a pressure of 4'¡371b«. on the sun." (P. 202.) Kepler's Third Lau: ' The squares of the periodic times of any two planets...each other in the same proportion as the cubes of the mean distances from the sun. The expression for this law requires a slight modification when *e... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1849 - 650 pages
...Ibs., on the earth would produce a pressure of 468? Ibi. on the sun." (P. 262.) Ktpler's Third Lav. " The squares of the periodic times of any two planets...each other in the same proportion as the cubes of the mean distances from the sun. The expression for this law requires a slight modification when we... | |
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