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... LAW OF 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 ...
... LAW OF 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 ...
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... law of gravitation ( A ) . No one recognises more than the mathe- matical astronomer this feebleness of the human intellect , and no one is more conscious of the limitations of the logical process called mathematics , which even now has ...
... law of gravitation ( A ) . No one recognises more than the mathe- matical astronomer this feebleness of the human intellect , and no one is more conscious of the limitations of the logical process called mathematics , which even now has ...
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... law of universal gravitation led to the conclusion that the inclination of the earth's equator to the plane of her orbit ( the obliquity of the ecliptic ) has been diminishing slowly since prehistoric times ; and this fact has been ...
... law of universal gravitation led to the conclusion that the inclination of the earth's equator to the plane of her orbit ( the obliquity of the ecliptic ) has been diminishing slowly since prehistoric times ; and this fact has been ...
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... law of forces . From this time onwards all interest in astronomy seemed , in Europe at least , to sink to a low ebb . When the Caliph Omar , in the middle of the seventh century , burnt the library of Alexandria , which had been the ...
... law of forces . From this time onwards all interest in astronomy seemed , in Europe at least , to sink to a low ebb . When the Caliph Omar , in the middle of the seventh century , burnt the library of Alexandria , which had been the ...
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... law of universal gravitation . They are simply an alternative 1 The ruled logarithmic paper we now use was not then to be had by going into a stationer's shop . Else he would have accom- plished this in five minutes . way of expressing ...
... law of universal gravitation . They are simply an alternative 1 The ruled logarithmic paper we now use was not then to be had by going into a stationer's shop . Else he would have accom- plished this in five minutes . way of expressing ...
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