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... applying them to the explanation of difficult physical problems . With this idea , the treatise is now printed in a ... application of a higher calculus . That such an interest has operated powerfully in our Universities , I have no ...
... applying them to the explanation of difficult physical problems . With this idea , the treatise is now printed in a ... application of a higher calculus . That such an interest has operated powerfully in our Universities , I have no ...
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... apply to a planet , if we restrict the calculation to a very short time 18. A planet or satellite may move in an ellipse , a parabola , or a hyperbola : in fact , they all move in ellipses differing little from circles • 21. Distinction ...
... apply to a planet , if we restrict the calculation to a very short time 18. A planet or satellite may move in an ellipse , a parabola , or a hyperbola : in fact , they all move in ellipses differing little from circles • 21. Distinction ...
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... apply to Jupiter's first and second satellite · 137. They apply also to the second and third satellite 138. It is found that the regression of the lines of conjunction of the second and third is exactly as rapid as that of the first and ...
... apply to Jupiter's first and second satellite · 137. They apply also to the second and third satellite 138. It is found that the regression of the lines of conjunction of the second and third is exactly as rapid as that of the first and ...
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... applies equally well to the motion of a satellite about a planet , since the planet attracts with a force following the same law ( though smaller ) as the attraction of the sun . Thus the moon describes an ellipse round the earth , the ...
... applies equally well to the motion of a satellite about a planet , since the planet attracts with a force following the same law ( though smaller ) as the attraction of the sun . Thus the moon describes an ellipse round the earth , the ...
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... apply precisely in observation , is this : -The areas described by the radius vector are equal in equal times . This is true , whether the force be inversely as the square of the distance from the central body , or be in any other ...
... apply precisely in observation , is this : -The areas described by the radius vector are equal in equal times . This is true , whether the force be inversely as the square of the distance from the central body , or be in any other ...
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aphelion apogee apojove apses progresses apses to regress B₁ B₁ to B2 C₁ causes the line central body centre College consequently consider Crown 8vo curve d₁ depending described disturbing body disturbing force directed disturbing force perpendicular disturbing planet earth's orbit Edition effect ellipse equal equator evection exactly excen excentricity exterior planet fcap force tends fourth satellite fundamental plane greater greatest inequality irregularity Jupiter Jupiter's orbit latus rectum less line of apses line of conjunction line of nodes longitude major axis mean distance moon moves moon's distance moon's orbit moves from B₂ nearly old orbit opposite perigee perihelion perijove periodic plane of reference planet is moving points of conjunction position produced proportion quadratures radius vector revolution revolving body revolving round round the sun Saturn second satellite sensible sun's attraction sun's distance suppose syzygies theory third satellite tion tricity true anomaly true place turbing force variation Venus
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