The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern AstronomyOakley & Mason, 1866 - 326 páginas |
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... moon , 24. The wandering stars or planets , 25 . Fixed stars , points of reference , 27. Complexity of the planetary ... moon's reflective light , and explanation of her pl ases , 61. Lunar eclipses explained ; prediction of the first ...
... moon , 24. The wandering stars or planets , 25 . Fixed stars , points of reference , 27. Complexity of the planetary ... moon's reflective light , and explanation of her pl ases , 61. Lunar eclipses explained ; prediction of the first ...
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... moon's distance and of the earth's circumference , 118. The law of gravitation - Newton's first effort to demonstrate the truth of this law , 121. He finally shows that the moon is ever falling towards the earth , and proves the law ...
... moon's distance and of the earth's circumference , 118. The law of gravitation - Newton's first effort to demonstrate the truth of this law , 121. He finally shows that the moon is ever falling towards the earth , and proves the law ...
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... moon and earth , under the action of their mutual influences , 139. The moon's acceleration ; motion of her apsides ... moon's perigee , 149. Fi- nally removed by Clairault , 150. Changes in the earth's figure occasioned by its rotation ...
... moon and earth , under the action of their mutual influences , 139. The moon's acceleration ; motion of her apsides ... moon's perigee , 149. Fi- nally removed by Clairault , 150. Changes in the earth's figure occasioned by its rotation ...
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... moon's path , was constantly flowing to the west , and one group after another ap parently dropping into the sun , or at least becoming invisible , in consequence of their proximity to this brilliant orb . A closer examination revealed ...
... moon's path , was constantly flowing to the west , and one group after another ap parently dropping into the sun , or at least becoming invisible , in consequence of their proximity to this brilliant orb . A closer examination revealed ...
Página 47
... moon's track slowly disappear in the ef- fulgence of the sun , and when they were next seen , it was in the east ... moon's motion , could no longer be sustained ; for the DISCOVERIES OF THT PRIMITIVE AGES . 47.
... moon's track slowly disappear in the ef- fulgence of the sun , and when they were next seen , it was in the east ... moon's motion , could no longer be sustained ; for the DISCOVERIES OF THT PRIMITIVE AGES . 47.
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