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Page vii
... complete accordance with its original design as a work of ex- planation ) ; to introduce much new matter in the earlier portions of it ; to re - write , upon a far more matured and comprehensive plan , the part relating to the lunar and ...
... complete accordance with its original design as a work of ex- planation ) ; to introduce much new matter in the earlier portions of it ; to re - write , upon a far more matured and comprehensive plan , the part relating to the lunar and ...
Page x
... complete impartiality ; and in the ex- position of the perturbative action on Uranus , by which the existence and situation of the disturbing planet became revealed to us , I have endeavoured , in pursuance of the general plan of this ...
... complete impartiality ; and in the ex- position of the perturbative action on Uranus , by which the existence and situation of the disturbing planet became revealed to us , I have endeavoured , in pursuance of the general plan of this ...
Page xviii
... complete the list up to the present time . The correction indi- cated in a former edition , as required in the distance of the sun ( and by necessary implication in the dimensions of all the planetary orbits and the magni- tudes of the ...
... complete the list up to the present time . The correction indi- cated in a former edition , as required in the distance of the sun ( and by necessary implication in the dimensions of all the planetary orbits and the magni- tudes of the ...
Page 7
... complete — not in the principles , for those he well knows are too firmly established to be shaken - but precisely in the mode of action . He has followed out a train of rea- soning by logical and technical rules , but the signs he has ...
... complete — not in the principles , for those he well knows are too firmly established to be shaken - but precisely in the mode of action . He has followed out a train of rea- soning by logical and technical rules , but the signs he has ...
Page 9
... complete from the master hand or mind of an individual designer working straight to its object , and foreseeing and providing for all details . As in the building of a great city , so in every such product , its historian has to record ...
... complete from the master hand or mind of an individual designer working straight to its object , and foreseeing and providing for all details . As in the building of a great city , so in every such product , its historian has to record ...
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amount angle angular appear apsides ascertained astronomical atmosphere attraction axis bright calculation celestial circle coincidence comet curve described diameter difference direction disc distance disturbed body disturbing force diurnal diurnal motion double stars earth ecliptic effect ellipse epoch equal equator equinoctial equinox error exact excentricity fixed globe gravity heavens heliocentric hemisphere horizon inclination inequality instance instrument interval Jupiter latitude latter less light longitude lunar magnitude mass mean measure meridian micrometrical moon moon's nearly nebula node normal force nutation object observed orbit parallax parallel perigee perihelion period perturbations phænomena phænomenon planet planetary pole portion position precession precisely proper motion proportion recede recess refraction remarkable respect result revolution revolving right ascension rotation round satellites Saturn seen sidereal sidereal day situation solar sphere spherical stars station sun's suppose surface syzygies tangential force telescope tion Uranus variation velocity visible whole zenith