Light Science for Leisure Hours, a Series of Familiar Essays on Scientific Subjects Natural Phenomena EtcLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 316 páginas |
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... half of the celestial sphere which is at the moment beneath the horizon , the end of the needle nearest to the sun makes an effort ( so to speak ) to point more directly towards the great ruling centre of the planetary scheme . Seeing ...
... half of the celestial sphere which is at the moment beneath the horizon , the end of the needle nearest to the sun makes an effort ( so to speak ) to point more directly towards the great ruling centre of the planetary scheme . Seeing ...
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... half - past eight in the evening , returns to the west , and attains its greatest westerly excursion at eleven , as at starting . Of course , these excursions take place on either side of the mean position of the needle , and as the ...
... half - past eight in the evening , returns to the west , and attains its greatest westerly excursion at eleven , as at starting . Of course , these excursions take place on either side of the mean position of the needle , and as the ...
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... half the difficulty which had perplexed mathematicians . It would be quite impos- sible to present in brief space , and in form suited to these pages , the views propounded by Adams . What , for instance , would most of our readers ...
... half the difficulty which had perplexed mathematicians . It would be quite impos- sible to present in brief space , and in form suited to these pages , the views propounded by Adams . What , for instance , would most of our readers ...
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... half the effects due to the slow varia- tion examined by Laplace . 6 These views gave rise at first to considerable con- troversy . Pontecoulant characterised Adams's pro- cesses as analytical conjuring - tricks ; ' and Leverrier stood ...
... half the effects due to the slow varia- tion examined by Laplace . 6 These views gave rise at first to considerable con- troversy . Pontecoulant characterised Adams's pro- cesses as analytical conjuring - tricks ; ' and Leverrier stood ...
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... Half the gain is explained , the other half remains to be interpreted ; in other words , the moon travels fur- ther by about half her own breadth in twelve centuries than she should do according to the lunar theory . But in this ...
... Half the gain is explained , the other half remains to be interpreted ; in other words , the moon travels fur- ther by about half her own breadth in twelve centuries than she should do according to the lunar theory . But in this ...
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