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Page ix
... disturbing forces from that adopted by him , and by the aid of a few obvious conclusions from the laws of elliptic motion which would have found their place , naturally and consecutively , as corollaries of the seventeenth proposition ...
... disturbing forces from that adopted by him , and by the aid of a few obvious conclusions from the laws of elliptic motion which would have found their place , naturally and consecutively , as corollaries of the seventeenth proposition ...
Page x
... disturbing force in altering the disturbed orbit . I will venture to hope that what is here stated will tend to remove some rather generally diffused misapprehensions as to the true bearings of Newton's explanation of the annual ...
... disturbing force in altering the disturbed orbit . I will venture to hope that what is here stated will tend to remove some rather generally diffused misapprehensions as to the true bearings of Newton's explanation of the annual ...
Page xxv
... Disturbing effect of the Sun on the Moon's motion CHAPTER IX . OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM . · 290 Apparent motions of the planets . The stations and retrogradations . The Sun their natural center of motion . Inferior planets . Their phases ...
... Disturbing effect of the Sun on the Moon's motion CHAPTER IX . OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM . · 290 Apparent motions of the planets . The stations and retrogradations . The Sun their natural center of motion . Inferior planets . Their phases ...
Page xxvi
... disturbing force . Its geometrical repre- sentation . Numerical estimation in particular cases . Resolution into rectangular components . Radial , transversal , and orthogonal dis- turbing forces . Normal and tangential . Their ...
... disturbing force . Its geometrical repre- sentation . Numerical estimation in particular cases . Resolution into rectangular components . Radial , transversal , and orthogonal dis- turbing forces . Normal and tangential . Their ...
Page xxvii
... disturbing bodies deducible from the perturbations they produce . Mass of the Moon , and of Jupiter's satellites , how ascertained . Perturbations of Uranus resulting in the discovery of Neptune . Determination of the absolute mass and ...
... disturbing bodies deducible from the perturbations they produce . Mass of the Moon , and of Jupiter's satellites , how ascertained . Perturbations of Uranus resulting in the discovery of Neptune . Determination of the absolute mass and ...
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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