Mathematical and Physical Papers, Volume 2University Press, 1884 - Mathematics |
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... greater relative velocities than those with which meteors falling to the earth enter the earth's atmosphere , or strike the earth's surface . Now , Joule has shown what enormous quan- tities of heat must be generated from this relative ...
... greater relative velocities than those with which meteors falling to the earth enter the earth's atmosphere , or strike the earth's surface . Now , Joule has shown what enormous quan- tities of heat must be generated from this relative ...
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... greater rate of deposit than this could not be required , if the hypothesis of no resistance , except in the locality of resistance with luminous reaction , were true ; but a less rate would suffice if , as is probable enough , the ...
... greater rate of deposit than this could not be required , if the hypothesis of no resistance , except in the locality of resistance with luminous reaction , were true ; but a less rate would suffice if , as is probable enough , the ...
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... greater * The star which Mr Hind discovered in April 1848 , and which only remained visible for a few weeks , during which period it varied considerably in appearance and brightness , but was always of a " ruddy " colour , may not have ...
... greater * The star which Mr Hind discovered in April 1848 , and which only remained visible for a few weeks , during which period it varied considerably in appearance and brightness , but was always of a " ruddy " colour , may not have ...
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... the meteors themselves ; and that whatever may have been their original positions or motions relatively to one another [ See note on page 3. ] * or to the Sun , the greater part of them 12 [ LXVI . ON THE MECHANICAL ENERGIES.
... the meteors themselves ; and that whatever may have been their original positions or motions relatively to one another [ See note on page 3. ] * or to the Sun , the greater part of them 12 [ LXVI . ON THE MECHANICAL ENERGIES.
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... greater part of them fall in gradually from a state of approximately circular motion , and strike the Sun with the velocity due to half the potential energy of gravitation lost in coming in from an infinite distance to his surface . The ...
... greater part of them fall in gradually from a state of approximately circular motion , and strike the Sun with the velocity due to half the potential energy of gravitation lost in coming in from an infinite distance to his surface . The ...
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