On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... ring of light round the disc of the moon , and the eclipse would be annular , as it was on the 17th of May , 1836 , and on the 15th of March , 1858. If the centre of the moon should not be in the straight line joining the centres of the ...
... ring of light round the disc of the moon , and the eclipse would be annular , as it was on the 17th of May , 1836 , and on the 15th of March , 1858. If the centre of the moon should not be in the straight line joining the centres of the ...
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Mary Somerville. SECTION IX . Rotation of the Sun and Planets Saturn's Rings - Periods of the Rota- tion of the Moon and other Satellites equal to the Periods of their Revo- Form of Lunar Spheroid - Libration , Aspect , and Constitution ...
Mary Somerville. SECTION IX . Rotation of the Sun and Planets Saturn's Rings - Periods of the Rota- tion of the Moon and other Satellites equal to the Periods of their Revo- Form of Lunar Spheroid - Libration , Aspect , and Constitution ...
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... ring even brighter than himself , which always remains suspended in the plane of his equator : and , viewed with a very good telescope , it is found to consist of two concentric rings , divided by a dark band . The exterior ring , as ...
... ring even brighter than himself , which always remains suspended in the plane of his equator : and , viewed with a very good telescope , it is found to consist of two concentric rings , divided by a dark band . The exterior ring , as ...
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... rings passed through the centre of the earth ; in that position they are only visible with very superior instruments , and appear like a fine line across the disc of Saturn . About the middle of December , in the same year , the rings ...
... rings passed through the centre of the earth ; in that position they are only visible with very superior instruments , and appear like a fine line across the disc of Saturn . About the middle of December , in the same year , the rings ...
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... rings of Saturn must therefore be irregular solids , of unequal breadth in different parts of the circumference , so ... rings is not concentric with the centre of Saturn . The interval between the outer edge of the globe of the planet ...
... rings of Saturn must therefore be irregular solids , of unequal breadth in different parts of the circumference , so ... rings is not concentric with the centre of Saturn . The interval between the outer edge of the globe of the planet ...
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