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... UNIVERSAL GRAVI- 23 33 46 TATION 51 8. NEWTON'S SUCCESSORS HALLEY , EULER , LA- GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 60 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS - HERSCHEL , PIAZZI , ADAMS , AND LE VERRIER- 64 BOOK III . OBSERVATION IO . INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION -
... UNIVERSAL GRAVI- 23 33 46 TATION 51 8. NEWTON'S SUCCESSORS HALLEY , EULER , LA- GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 60 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS - HERSCHEL , PIAZZI , ADAMS , AND LE VERRIER- 64 BOOK III . OBSERVATION IO . INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION -
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... Verrier . It would be very interesting , but quite impossible in these pages , to discuss all the exquisite researches of the mathematical astronomers , and to inspire a rever- ence for the names connected with these researches , which ...
... Verrier . It would be very interesting , but quite impossible in these pages , to discuss all the exquisite researches of the mathematical astronomers , and to inspire a rever- ence for the names connected with these researches , which ...
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... Verrier , Adams , and others of later date . By passing over these important developments it is possible to trace some of the steps in the crowning triumph of the Newtonian theory , by which the planet Neptune was added to the known ...
... Verrier , Adams , and others of later date . By passing over these important developments it is possible to trace some of the steps in the crowning triumph of the Newtonian theory , by which the planet Neptune was added to the known ...
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... Verrier gave a final proof of the powers of Newton's great law to explain any planetary irregularity . After Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus , in 1781 , it was found that astronomers had observed it on many previous occasions ...
... Verrier gave a final proof of the powers of Newton's great law to explain any planetary irregularity . After Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus , in 1781 , it was found that astronomers had observed it on many previous occasions ...
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... Verrier , experienced in computing perturbations , was independently at work , knowing nothing about Adams . He applied to his calculations every possible refinement , and , considering the novelty of the problem , his calculation was ...
... Verrier , experienced in computing perturbations , was independently at work , knowing nothing about Adams . He applied to his calculations every possible refinement , and , considering the novelty of the problem , his calculation was ...
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