Much the same dilemma may be applied to the past history of this body. If the velocity of 200 miles or more per second with which it is moving exceeds any that could be produced by the attraction of all the other bodies in the universe, then it must have... Popular Astronomy - Page 496by Simon Newcomb - 1878 - 571 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Croll - 1889 - 118 pages
...velocity which never could have been produced by attraction, " then," as says Professor Newcomb, " it must have been flying forward through space from...beginning, and, having come from an infinite distance, must now be passing through our system for the first and only time." The probability is, however, that the... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - Science - 1902
...say. "Much the same dilemma may be applied to the past history of this body. If the velocity of 200 miles or more per second with which it is moving exceeds...passing through our system for the first and only time." SEC. 17. In all these views the chance of passing another star at some small distance such as one or... | |
 | Baron William Thomson Kelvin - Science - 1904 - 694 pages
...two hundred miles or more per " second with which it is moving exceeds any that could be pro" duced by the attraction of all the other bodies in the universe,...passing through our system for the first and only time." TL IS § 17. In all these views the chance of passing another star at some small distance such as one... | |
 | Baron William Thomson Kelvin - 1904 - 703 pages
..." second with which it is moving exceeds any that could be pro" duced by the attraction of all fche other bodies in the universe, " then it must have...passing through our system for the first and only time." TL 18 Molar. § 17. In all these views the chance of passing another star at. some small distance such... | |
 | ...two hundred miles or more per " second with which it is moving exceeds any that could be pro" duced by the attraction of all the other bodies in the universe,...passing through our system for the first and only time." TL 18 Molar. § 1 7. In all these views the chance of passing another star at some small distance such... | |
 | Science - 1901
...the attraction of all the other '• bodies in the universe, then it must have been flying for<; ward through space from the beginning, and, having come...must be now passing through our *' system for the h'rsi and only time." § 17. In all these views the chance of passing another star at some small distance... | |
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