Outlines of AstronomyLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, 1851 - 661 стор. |
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... rotation . Trade winds . Determination of geographical positions of latitudes — of longitudes . Conduct of a trigonometrical survey . Of maps . Projec tions of the sphere . Measurement of heights by the barometer CHAPTER V. OF ...
... rotation . Trade winds . Determination of geographical positions of latitudes — of longitudes . Conduct of a trigonometrical survey . Of maps . Projec tions of the sphere . Measurement of heights by the barometer CHAPTER V. OF ...
Сторінка xiii
... Rotation on its own axis . Libration . Appearance of the Earth from it CHAPTER VIII . - Page 239 Of terrestrial gravity . Of the law of universal gravitation . Paths of projectiles , apparent , real . The Moon retained in her orbit by ...
... Rotation on its own axis . Libration . Appearance of the Earth from it CHAPTER VIII . - Page 239 Of terrestrial gravity . Of the law of universal gravitation . Paths of projectiles , apparent , real . The Moon retained in her orbit by ...
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... rotation of the earth itself on its centre , the point of its sur- face which he occupies should be carried round , and pre- sented towards a different region of space ; he would never obtain a sight of almost one half the objects ...
... rotation of the earth itself on its centre , the point of its sur- face which he occupies should be carried round , and pre- sented towards a different region of space ; he would never obtain a sight of almost one half the objects ...
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... rotation on its centre . It is evident that a spectator at rest ( as it appears to him ) on any part of it will , unperceived by himself , be carried round with it : unperceived , we say , because his horizon will constantly contain ...
... rotation on its centre . It is evident that a spectator at rest ( as it appears to him ) on any part of it will , unperceived by himself , be carried round with it : unperceived , we say , because his horizon will constantly contain ...
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... rotation of the earth , —his horizon will have been all the while shifting in its relation to them , precisely as in the case of our traveller in the foregoing article . Recurring to the figure of that article , it is evidently the same ...
... rotation of the earth , —his horizon will have been all the while shifting in its relation to them , precisely as in the case of our traveller in the foregoing article . Recurring to the figure of that article , it is evidently the same ...
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Outlines of Astronomy John Frederick William Herschel,Sir John Frederick William Herschel Повний перегляд - 1851 |
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