Saturn and Its System: Containing Discussions of the Motions (real and Apparent) and Telescopic Appearance of the Planet Saturn, Its Satellites, and Rings; the Nature of the Rings; the Great Inequality of Saturn and Jupiter; and the Habitability of Saturn. To which are Appended Notes on Chaldæan Astronomy, Laplace's Nebular Theory, and the Habitability of the Moon; a Series of Tables with Explanatory Notes; and Explanations of Astronomical TermsLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1865 - 252 страници |
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... Newton investigates Kepler's Laws 40 Discovers the Law of Universal Gravitation 41 Characters of Copernicus , Kepler , and Newton , compared 42 Aberration of Light 44 CHAPTER III . TELESCOPIC DISCOVERIES . PAGE Galileo announces that.
... Newton investigates Kepler's Laws 40 Discovers the Law of Universal Gravitation 41 Characters of Copernicus , Kepler , and Newton , compared 42 Aberration of Light 44 CHAPTER III . TELESCOPIC DISCOVERIES . PAGE Galileo announces that.
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... Light received on Saturn's Globe 160 The Saturnian Seasons 162 Rapid Apparent Motions of Celestial Objects 164 Effects of the long Saturnian Year 165 Effects of the Eccentricity of Saturn's Orbit ib . Electrical Conditions of Saturn as ...
... Light received on Saturn's Globe 160 The Saturnian Seasons 162 Rapid Apparent Motions of Celestial Objects 164 Effects of the long Saturnian Year 165 Effects of the Eccentricity of Saturn's Orbit ib . Electrical Conditions of Saturn as ...
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... light , and swift motions amongst the fixed stars , was probably recognised as a wandering orb at a very remote period . Mercury , on the other hand , twin- kling like a fixed star , and never visible but when near the horizon , and ...
... light , and swift motions amongst the fixed stars , was probably recognised as a wandering orb at a very remote period . Mercury , on the other hand , twin- kling like a fixed star , and never visible but when near the horizon , and ...
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... light , and travelling amongst the fixed stars with a scarcely perceptible motion , the planetary nature of Saturn remains for a long time unnoticed . But his path on the celestial sphere brings him into very close ( apparent ) ...
... light , and travelling amongst the fixed stars with a scarcely perceptible motion , the planetary nature of Saturn remains for a long time unnoticed . But his path on the celestial sphere brings him into very close ( apparent ) ...
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... light is dimmed , and finally lost , in the light of the sun . About a month after conjunction , he again becomes visible as a morning star . His apparent motion is still progressive , but gradually decreases until he becomes stationary ...
... light is dimmed , and finally lost , in the light of the sun . About a month after conjunction , he again becomes visible as a morning star . His apparent motion is still progressive , but gradually decreases until he becomes stationary ...
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