Outlines of AstronomyLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, 1851 - 661 sider |
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Side v
... lunar and planetary perturbations , and to bring the subjects of sidereal and nebular astronomy to the level of the present state of our knowledge in those departments . The chief novelty in the volume , as it now stands , will be found ...
... lunar and planetary perturbations , and to bring the subjects of sidereal and nebular astronomy to the level of the present state of our knowledge in those departments . The chief novelty in the volume , as it now stands , will be found ...
Side vi
... lunar theory , as delivered in the eleventh section of that immortal work , are studied less for the sake of the theory itself than for the spirit of far - reaching thought , superior to and dis- encumbered of technical aids , which ...
... lunar theory , as delivered in the eleventh section of that immortal work , are studied less for the sake of the theory itself than for the spirit of far - reaching thought , superior to and dis- encumbered of technical aids , which ...
Side vii
... lunar and planetary inequalities handled in a very different manner from that in which their explanation is usu- ally presented . It comprehends those which are characterized as incident on the epoch , the principal among them being the ...
... lunar and planetary inequalities handled in a very different manner from that in which their explanation is usu- ally presented . It comprehends those which are characterized as incident on the epoch , the principal among them being the ...
Side xii
... prove the Moon to be an opaque solid . Its light derived from the Sun. Its phases . Synodic revolution or lunar month . Of eclipses more par- ticularly . Their phenomena . Their periodical recurrence . Physical xii CONTENTS .
... prove the Moon to be an opaque solid . Its light derived from the Sun. Its phases . Synodic revolution or lunar month . Of eclipses more par- ticularly . Their phenomena . Their periodical recurrence . Physical xii CONTENTS .
Side xiv
... lunar apsides and excentricity . Ex- perimental illustration . Application of the foregoing principles to the Planetary theory . Compensation in orbits very nearly circular . Effects of ellipticity . General results . Lagrange's theorem ...
... lunar apsides and excentricity . Ex- perimental illustration . Application of the foregoing principles to the Planetary theory . Compensation in orbits very nearly circular . Effects of ellipticity . General results . Lagrange's theorem ...
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Outlines of Astronomy John Frederick William Herschel,Sir John Frederick William Herschel Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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angle angular appear apsides ascertained astronomical axis bright calculation celestial centre circle comet curve described diameter difference direction disc distance disturbed body disturbing force diurnal diurnal motion double stars earth ecliptic Edition effect elements ellipse epoch equal equator equinoctial equinox error exact excentricity fixed globe heavens heliocentric horizon inclination inequality instance instrument interval Jupiter latitude latter less light longitude lunar magnitude mass mean measure meridian moon moon's motion nearly nebula node normal force nutation object observed orbit parallax parallel perigee perihelion period perturbations planet planetary pole portion position Post 8vo precession proper motions proportion recede recess reckoned refraction respect result revolution right ascension rotation round satellites Saturn seen sidereal sidereal day sidereal period situation solar sphere spherical stars station sun's suppose surface syzygies tangential force telescope tion Uranus variation velocity visible vols whole Woodcuts zenith
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Side 674 - A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use. Edited by WT BRANDE, FRSL and E.