Mathematical tracts on the lunar and planetary theories [&c.]. |
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... Mathematical Tracts on the Lunar and Planetary Theories . The Figure of the Earth , Precession and Nutation , the Calculus of Variations , and the Undulatory Theory of Optics . By G. B. AIRY , M.A. , Astronomer Royal . Fourth Edition ...
... Mathematical Tracts on the Lunar and Planetary Theories . The Figure of the Earth , Precession and Nutation , the Calculus of Variations , and the Undulatory Theory of Optics . By G. B. AIRY , M.A. , Astronomer Royal . Fourth Edition ...
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