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... spherical surface , diminishes according to the inverse square of the distance from the centre . Hence the rate at which a planet receives heat and light from the sun varies in simple proportion to the angular velocity of the radius ...
... spherical surface , diminishes according to the inverse square of the distance from the centre . Hence the rate at which a planet receives heat and light from the sun varies in simple proportion to the angular velocity of the radius ...
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... spherical surface within the body , with its centre at the fixed point C. All points of this sphere attached to the body will move on a sphere fixed in space . Hence the construction of § 91 may be made , only with great circles instead ...
... spherical surface within the body , with its centre at the fixed point C. All points of this sphere attached to the body will move on a sphere fixed in space . Hence the construction of § 91 may be made , only with great circles instead ...
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... spherical surface . Thus we see that if a spherical polygon turns about its angular points in succession , always keeping on the spherical surface , and if the angle through which it turns about each point is twice the supplement of the ...
... spherical surface . Thus we see that if a spherical polygon turns about its angular points in succession , always keeping on the spherical surface , and if the angle through which it turns about each point is twice the supplement of the ...
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... spherical figure on a fixed spherical surface is obtained by the rolling of a curve fixed in the figure on a curve fixed on the sphere . Hence as at each instant the line joining C and O contains a set of points of the body which are ...
... spherical figure on a fixed spherical surface is obtained by the rolling of a curve fixed in the figure on a curve fixed on the sphere . Hence as at each instant the line joining C and O contains a set of points of the body which are ...
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... spherical body , made up of concentric shells , each of uniform material and density throughout , if made to revolve about an axis , will , in spite of impressed forces , revolve with uniform angular velocity , and will main- tain its ...
... spherical body , made up of concentric shells , each of uniform material and density throughout , if made to revolve about an axis , will , in spite of impressed forces , revolve with uniform angular velocity , and will main- tain its ...
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