On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 30
... similar to those of the moon : but , occasionally , the satellites eclipse Jupiter , sometimes passing like obscure spots across his surface , resembling annular eclipses of the sun , and sometimes like a bright spot traversing one of ...
... similar to those of the moon : but , occasionally , the satellites eclipse Jupiter , sometimes passing like obscure spots across his surface , resembling annular eclipses of the sun , and sometimes like a bright spot traversing one of ...
Page 32
... similar to that of Jupiter . Saturn is accompanied by eight satellites . The seventh is about the size of Mars , and the eighth was simultaneously discovered by Mr. Bond in America , and that distinguished astronomer Mr. Lassell , of ...
... similar to that of Jupiter . Saturn is accompanied by eight satellites . The seventh is about the size of Mars , and the eighth was simultaneously discovered by Mr. Bond in America , and that distinguished astronomer Mr. Lassell , of ...
Page 35
... similar to the periodic perturbations of the planets . But they are much greater and more numerous ; because the sun is so large , that many inequalities which are quite insensible in the motions of the planets , are of great mag ...
... similar to the periodic perturbations of the planets . But they are much greater and more numerous ; because the sun is so large , that many inequalities which are quite insensible in the motions of the planets , are of great mag ...
Page 39
... Similar ine- qualities in the motions of Jupiter's satellites prove that his mass is not homogeneous , and that his compression is . His equatorial diameter exceeds his polar diameter by about 6000 miles . The phases ( N. 109 ) of the ...
... Similar ine- qualities in the motions of Jupiter's satellites prove that his mass is not homogeneous , and that his compression is . His equatorial diameter exceeds his polar diameter by about 6000 miles . The phases ( N. 109 ) of the ...
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... Similar flames were also seen in the white corona of the total eclipse which took place in 1851 , and a long rose- coloured chain of what appeared to be jagged mountains or sierras united at the base by a red band seemed to be raised ...
... Similar flames were also seen in the white corona of the total eclipse which took place in 1851 , and a long rose- coloured chain of what appeared to be jagged mountains or sierras united at the base by a red band seemed to be raised ...
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