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... bodies , and in fact all material sub- stances , tend to fall towards each other as a stone falls towards the earth , or to move round each other under the influence of this tendency . The universal law of gravitation is thus the ...
... bodies , and in fact all material sub- stances , tend to fall towards each other as a stone falls towards the earth , or to move round each other under the influence of this tendency . The universal law of gravitation is thus the ...
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... Bodies revolving in elliptic orbits . We cannot say , as before , that " the earth is identical with the planets ; " it is identical only with one of the planets , and we therefore say that " it is I - 2 1. ] 3 OF THE SCIENCE .
... Bodies revolving in elliptic orbits . We cannot say , as before , that " the earth is identical with the planets ; " it is identical only with one of the planets , and we therefore say that " it is I - 2 1. ] 3 OF THE SCIENCE .
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... bodies revolving in elliptic orbits , " but only a part of the whole number so revolving . Nevertheless it follows that if the earth is among the planets , and the planets among bodies re- volving in elliptic orbits , then the earth is ...
... bodies revolving in elliptic orbits , " but only a part of the whole number so revolving . Nevertheless it follows that if the earth is among the planets , and the planets among bodies re- volving in elliptic orbits , then the earth is ...
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... bodies , which rise and set and move round the heavens with apparently equal speed . By minute examination , however , I notice that Sirius gives a twinkling or intermittent light , whereas Jupiter shines steadily . More prolonged ...
... bodies , which rise and set and move round the heavens with apparently equal speed . By minute examination , however , I notice that Sirius gives a twinkling or intermittent light , whereas Jupiter shines steadily . More prolonged ...
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... bodies which agree in giving a steady light and in moving about the heavens differently from the fixed stars . It should be added , however , that there are many , including Sir W. Hamilton , who would be counted as Nominalists and who ...
... bodies which agree in giving a steady light and in moving about the heavens differently from the fixed stars . It should be added , however , that there are many , including Sir W. Hamilton , who would be counted as Nominalists and who ...
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