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... Masses of the Earth and Sun compared . Density of the Sun. Force of gravity at its surface . Disturbing effect of the Sun on the Moon's motion CHAPTER IX . OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM . · 264 Apparent motions of the planets . Their stations and ...
... Masses of the Earth and Sun compared . Density of the Sun. Force of gravity at its surface . Disturbing effect of the Sun on the Moon's motion CHAPTER IX . OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM . · 264 Apparent motions of the planets . Their stations and ...
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... Masses of disturbing bodies deducible from the perturbations they produce . Mass of the Moon , and of Jupiter's satellites , how ascertained . Perturbations of Uranus resulting in the discovery of Neptune - Page 454 PART III . OF ...
... Masses of disturbing bodies deducible from the perturbations they produce . Mass of the Moon , and of Jupiter's satellites , how ascertained . Perturbations of Uranus resulting in the discovery of Neptune - Page 454 PART III . OF ...
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... mass beneath , to the ocean which flows around it , the air that rests upon it , and the clouds which float above it in the air . Such a motion , which should displace no terres- trial object from its relative situation among others ...
... mass beneath , to the ocean which flows around it , the air that rests upon it , and the clouds which float above it in the air . Such a motion , which should displace no terres- trial object from its relative situation among others ...
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... mass , as we consider an orange not the less round for the roughness on its rind . 2dly , That the appearance of a visible horizon , or sea - offing , is a consequence of the curvature of the surface , and does not arise from the ...
... mass , as we consider an orange not the less round for the roughness on its rind . 2dly , That the appearance of a visible horizon , or sea - offing , is a consequence of the curvature of the surface , and does not arise from the ...
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... mass . The comparison is quite free from exag- geration . The highest mountain known hardly exceeds five miles in perpendicular elevation : this is only one 1600th part of the earth's diameter ; consequently , on a globe of sixteen ...
... mass . The comparison is quite free from exag- geration . The highest mountain known hardly exceeds five miles in perpendicular elevation : this is only one 1600th part of the earth's diameter ; consequently , on a globe of sixteen ...
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