American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 11Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... centres , by the same laws as those primary ones do round their centre the Sun ; viz . in such manner , that , in the satellites of the same planet , the squares of the periodic times are propor- tional to the cubes of their distances ...
... centres , by the same laws as those primary ones do round their centre the Sun ; viz . in such manner , that , in the satellites of the same planet , the squares of the periodic times are propor- tional to the cubes of their distances ...
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... centre . Dr. Halley , in the Philosophical Transactions , gives a correction of the theory of the motions of the fourth or Huygenian satel- lite . Its true period he makes 11d 22h 41 ' 6 " . The periodical revolutions , and dis- tances ...
... centre . Dr. Halley , in the Philosophical Transactions , gives a correction of the theory of the motions of the fourth or Huygenian satel- lite . Its true period he makes 11d 22h 41 ' 6 " . The periodical revolutions , and dis- tances ...
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... centre , as we now perceive it . This con- jecture is in some measure corroborated by the consideration , that both the planet and its ring perform their rotations about the same common axis , and in very nearly the same time . But from ...
... centre , as we now perceive it . This con- jecture is in some measure corroborated by the consideration , that both the planet and its ring perform their rotations about the same common axis , and in very nearly the same time . But from ...
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... centre and that di- vision of the line of numbers , which ex- presses the number answering to the na- tural sine or tangent of any arch , be set off on its respective line from its centre towards the left hand , it will give the point ...
... centre and that di- vision of the line of numbers , which ex- presses the number answering to the na- tural sine or tangent of any arch , be set off on its respective line from its centre towards the left hand , it will give the point ...
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... centre and sine of 45 degrees equals the fourth rhumb , be set off upon the line sine of the rhumb , we shall have the point answering to the sine of the fourth rhumb ; and after the same man- ner may both these lines be constructed ...
... centre and sine of 45 degrees equals the fourth rhumb , be set off upon the line sine of the rhumb , we shall have the point answering to the sine of the fourth rhumb ; and after the same man- ner may both these lines be constructed ...
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