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Page ix
... orbit . I will venture to hope that what is here stated will tend to remove some rather generally * Livre ii . chap . viii . art . 67 . diffused misapprehensions as to the true bearings of Newton's explanation PREFACE . ix.
... orbit . I will venture to hope that what is here stated will tend to remove some rather generally * Livre ii . chap . viii . art . 67 . diffused misapprehensions as to the true bearings of Newton's explanation PREFACE . ix.
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... true of every great body of knowledge , and would be found signally exemplified in the history of astronomy , did the object of this work allow us to devote a portion of it to its relation . What concerns us more is , that the same ...
... true of every great body of knowledge , and would be found signally exemplified in the history of astronomy , did the object of this work allow us to devote a portion of it to its relation . What concerns us more is , that the same ...
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... true conclusions respecting the constitution of the universe . ( 15. ) Nor let it be thought strange that we should speak of a motion existing in the earth , unperceived by its in- habitants : we must remember that it is of the earth as ...
... true conclusions respecting the constitution of the universe . ( 15. ) Nor let it be thought strange that we should speak of a motion existing in the earth , unperceived by its in- habitants : we must remember that it is of the earth as ...
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... true , because these are sudden changes of motion , produced , as the laws of mechanics teach us , by sudden and powerful forces acting during short times ; and these forces , applied to our bodies , are what we feel . When , for ...
... true , because these are sudden changes of motion , produced , as the laws of mechanics teach us , by sudden and powerful forces acting during short times ; and these forces , applied to our bodies , are what we feel . When , for ...
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... false impression respecting their places , which must be rectified by ascertaining the amount and direction of the displacement so apparently produced on each , before we can come at a knowledge of the true directions in REFRACTION . 27.
... false impression respecting their places , which must be rectified by ascertaining the amount and direction of the displacement so apparently produced on each , before we can come at a knowledge of the true directions in REFRACTION . 27.
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amount angle angular appear apsides ascertained astronomical attraction axis bright calculation celestial circle comet curve described diameter difference direction disc distance disturbed body disturbing force diurnal diurnal motion double stars earth ecliptic Edition effect epoch equal equator equinoctial equinox error exact excentricity fixed globe gravity heavens heliocentric hemisphere horizon inclination inequality instance instrument interval Julian period Jupiter latitude latter less light longitude lunar magnitude mass mean measure meridian moon moon's motion nearly nebula node normal force nutation object observed orbit parallax parallel perigee perihelion period perturbations phænomena planet planetary pole portion position precession proper motions proportion recede reckoned 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 vols whole zenith