Analytical View of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia. By Henry Lord Brougham ... and E. J. RouthLongman & Company, 1855 - 442 pages |
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angle applied apsides attraction axis Bernouilli body moves calculus central force centre of forces centre of gravity centrifugal force centripetal force circle comet conic sections corollaries curve curvilinear cycloid density described diameter differential differential calculus direction discoveries distance disturbing force earth eccentricity ellipse equal equation evanescent expression fluid fluxion force acting force inversely geometrical globe greater Hence hyperbola infinite integral investigation Laplace law of attraction length mass moon moon's observed orbit oscillation osculating circle parabola particle pendulum perpendicular planets Principia problem proportion proposition quantity radii radius of curvature radius vector ratio rectangle resistance Scholium Sir Isaac Newton solution space sphere square straight line suppose surface syzygy tangent theory tide tion triangles varies velocity wave whole