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 |
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... acting on the Sun , a force equal and opposite to that acting on the planet , the planet will be at rest , and the relative motions will be unaltered . We shall generally make the latter sup- position . Lou to h 10. PROP . 2. The orbit ...
... acting on the Sun , a force equal and opposite to that acting on the planet , the planet will be at rest , and the relative motions will be unaltered . We shall generally make the latter sup- position . Lou to h 10. PROP . 2. The orbit ...
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... acting on the Sun , the Sun will be at rest . Or , instead of this , if we add to the forces acting on the Sun , a force equal and opposite to that acting on the planet , the planet will be at rest , and the relative motions will be ...
... acting on the Sun , the Sun will be at rest . Or , instead of this , if we add to the forces acting on the Sun , a force equal and opposite to that acting on the planet , the planet will be at rest , and the relative motions will be ...
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... acting on the m center of gravity is and is in the direction of r ' ; and 22 therefore the center of gravity moves , very nearly , in the same manner in which a body would move placed at G. Similarly it appears , that the force on the ...
... acting on the m center of gravity is and is in the direction of r ' ; and 22 therefore the center of gravity moves , very nearly , in the same manner in which a body would move placed at G. Similarly it appears , that the force on the ...
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... acting parallel to Gm ' , which resolved part of the force m ' . Gm ' sin 0 - 0 ' , y'3 in- ( if we suppose the Moon to move so that the angle creases , and if we consider the force as positive when it tends to accelerate the Moon's ...
... acting parallel to Gm ' , which resolved part of the force m ' . Gm ' sin 0 - 0 ' , y'3 in- ( if we suppose the Moon to move so that the angle creases , and if we consider the force as positive when it tends to accelerate the Moon's ...
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... acting in opposite direction : applying the latter to M with its direction the direction ME . The resolved part of this , in the direction of the projection of the radius vector , is E + M = p2 ( 1 + s2 ) # E + M 2.2 × cos MGB the ...
... acting in opposite direction : applying the latter to M with its direction the direction ME . The resolved part of this , in the direction of the projection of the radius vector , is E + M = p2 ( 1 + s2 ) # E + M 2.2 × cos MGB the ...
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