Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... Orbits of the Planets round the Sun III . The Stability of the Solar System IV . The Sun in the Centre V. The Satellites • VI . The Stability of the Ocean VII . The Nebular Hypothesis • PAGE 126 . 128 . 131 136 . 145 148 • 151 . 154 ...
... Orbits of the Planets round the Sun III . The Stability of the Solar System IV . The Sun in the Centre V. The Satellites • VI . The Stability of the Ocean VII . The Nebular Hypothesis • PAGE 126 . 128 . 131 136 . 145 148 • 151 . 154 ...
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... law of gravitation would be changed ; if this attraction were , at the earth's orbit , of a different value from its present one , the arbitrary magnitude would be changed ; and it will appear , in a subsequent 8 INTRODUCTION .
... law of gravitation would be changed ; if this attraction were , at the earth's orbit , of a different value from its present one , the arbitrary magnitude would be changed ; and it will appear , in a subsequent 8 INTRODUCTION .
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... orbit nearly circular , in a period of about three hundred and sixty - five days and a quarter , and in the mean time revolves , in an inclined position , upon its own axis in about twenty - four hours , thus producing the succession of ...
... orbit nearly circular , in a period of about three hundred and sixty - five days and a quarter , and in the mean time revolves , in an inclined position , upon its own axis in about twenty - four hours , thus producing the succession of ...
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... orbit like one of theirs on the former supposition our year would become twenty - three , on the latter seven of our present months . Or we can conceive the present dis- tances of the parts of the system to continue what they are , and ...
... orbit like one of theirs on the former supposition our year would become twenty - three , on the latter seven of our present months . Or we can conceive the present dis- tances of the parts of the system to continue what they are , and ...
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... orbit round the sun . The revolutions of the other planets , so far as we know them , do not appear to follow any rule by which they are connected with the distance from the sun . Mercury , Venus , and Mars have days nearly the length ...
... orbit round the sun . The revolutions of the other planets , so far as we know them , do not appear to follow any rule by which they are connected with the distance from the sun . Mercury , Venus , and Mars have days nearly the length ...
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