On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Mary Somerville. The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according ...
Mary Somerville. The gravitation of matter directed to a centre , and attracting directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the distance , does not belong to it when considered in mass only ; particle acts on particle according ...
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... matter at the earth's equator produces a nutation ( N. 33 ) in the axis ( N. 34 ) of rotation , and the reaction of that matter on the moon is the cause of a corresponding nutation in the lunar orbit ( N. 35 ) . If a sphere at rest in ...
... matter at the earth's equator produces a nutation ( N. 33 ) in the axis ( N. 34 ) of rotation , and the reaction of that matter on the moon is the cause of a corresponding nutation in the lunar orbit ( N. 35 ) . If a sphere at rest in ...
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... matter , the stability of the system depends upon the intensity of the primitive mo- mentum ( N. 59 ) of the planets , and the ratio of their masses to that of the sun ; for the nature of the conic sections in which the celestial bodies ...
... matter , the stability of the system depends upon the intensity of the primitive mo- mentum ( N. 59 ) of the planets , and the ratio of their masses to that of the sun ; for the nature of the conic sections in which the celestial bodies ...
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... matter at his equator must soon have given the circular form observed in the orbits of the first and second satellites , which its superior attraction will always maintain . The third and fourth satellites , being farther removed from ...
... matter at his equator must soon have given the circular form observed in the orbits of the first and second satellites , which its superior attraction will always maintain . The third and fourth satellites , being farther removed from ...
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... matter is the reason why the motions of the nodes of these small bodies are so much more rapid than those of the planet . The nodes of the fourth satellite accomplish a tropical revolution in 531 years , while those of Jupiter's orbit ...
... matter is the reason why the motions of the nodes of these small bodies are so much more rapid than those of the planet . The nodes of the fourth satellite accomplish a tropical revolution in 531 years , while those of Jupiter's orbit ...
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