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... produced only by the tangential force . Lagrange's theorem of the conservation of the mean distances and periods . Theory of the Perihelia and excentricities . Geometri- cal representation of their momentary variations . Estimation of ...
... produced only by the tangential force . Lagrange's theorem of the conservation of the mean distances and periods . Theory of the Perihelia and excentricities . Geometri- cal representation of their momentary variations . Estimation of ...
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... 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 SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY . CHAPTER XV . Of the fixed stars . Their ...
... 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 SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY . CHAPTER XV . Of the fixed stars . Their ...
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... produced . We shall not , then , reject the analytic course where it leads more easily and directly to our objects , or in any way fetter ourselves by a rigid adherence to method . Writing only to be understood , and to communicate as ...
... produced . We shall not , then , reject the analytic course where it leads more easily and directly to our objects , or in any way fetter ourselves by a rigid adherence to method . Writing only to be understood , and to communicate as ...
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... produced , and established by legitimate reasoning , form the assemblage of objects to which the attention of the astronomer is directed . The term astronomy itself , which denotes the law or rule of the astra ( by which the ancients ...
... produced , and established by legitimate reasoning , form the assemblage of objects to which the attention of the astronomer is directed . The term astronomy itself , which denotes the law or rule of the astra ( by which the ancients ...
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... produce no sensations of shocks or jerks , might , it is very evident , subsist undetected by us . There is no ... produced , as the laws of mechanics teach us , by sudden and powerful forces acting during short times ; and these ...
... produce no sensations of shocks or jerks , might , it is very evident , subsist undetected by us . There is no ... produced , as the laws of mechanics teach us , by sudden and powerful forces acting during short times ; and these ...
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