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... cause of the acceleration of Encke's comet , & c . , and a few numerical errors are corrected which have hitherto escaped notice and public comment as blemishes , —as for example , in some of the numbers in Art . 422. in the explanation ...
... cause of the acceleration of Encke's comet , & c . , and a few numerical errors are corrected which have hitherto escaped notice and public comment as blemishes , —as for example , in some of the numbers in Art . 422. in the explanation ...
Page xxiv
... cause of the spots . Recent discoveries of Mr. Dawes . Of Mr. Nasmyth . Rotation of the Sun on its axis . Its atmosphere . Supposed clouds . Periodical recurrence of a more and less spotted state of its surface . Temperature of its ...
... cause of the spots . Recent discoveries of Mr. Dawes . Of Mr. Nasmyth . Rotation of the Sun on its axis . Its atmosphere . Supposed clouds . Periodical recurrence of a more and less spotted state of its surface . Temperature of its ...
Page xxiv
... cause of the spots . Recent discoveries of Mr. Dawes . Of Mr. Nasmyth . Rotation of the Sun on its axis . Its atmosphere . Supposed clouds . Periodical recurrence of a more and less spotted state of its surface . Temperature of its ...
... cause of the spots . Recent discoveries of Mr. Dawes . Of Mr. Nasmyth . Rotation of the Sun on its axis . Its atmosphere . Supposed clouds . Periodical recurrence of a more and less spotted state of its surface . Temperature of its ...
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... cause and effect , could not exist , but must be limited to a mere registry of appearances , unconnected with any attempt to account for them on reasonable principles , however successful to a certain extent might be the attempt to ...
... cause and effect , could not exist , but must be limited to a mere registry of appearances , unconnected with any attempt to account for them on reasonable principles , however successful to a certain extent might be the attempt to ...
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... cause of embarrassment , except in the most delicate inquiries , and to call for no further allusion in a treatise like the present . ( 42. ) A " Table of Refractions , " as it is called , or a state- ment of the amount of apparent ...
... cause of embarrassment , except in the most delicate inquiries , and to call for no further allusion in a treatise like the present . ( 42. ) A " Table of Refractions , " as it is called , or a state- ment of the amount of apparent ...
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