Astronomy, as it is Known at the Present Day: With an Account of the Nature and Use of Astronomical Instruments, the Manner of Calculating the Notes of the Calendar, the Distances and Magnitudes of the Planets, and a Number of Other Useful and Interesting Calculations in AstronomyW. Cole, 1825 - 166 страница |
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... Tides 134 Of the Forces that retain the Planets in their Orbits 140 Of the Quantity of Matter in the Sun and Planets 144 Of the Principal Systems of Astronomy 146 Ptolemaic System 148 Copernican System Tychonic System Cartesian System ...
... Tides 134 Of the Forces that retain the Planets in their Orbits 140 Of the Quantity of Matter in the Sun and Planets 144 Of the Principal Systems of Astronomy 146 Ptolemaic System 148 Copernican System Tychonic System Cartesian System ...
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... TIDES . The ebbs of tides , and their mysterious flow , He , as art's elements , shall understand . DRYDEN . The Tides have been always found to follow , periodically , the course of the sun and moon ; and hence it has been suspected ...
... TIDES . The ebbs of tides , and their mysterious flow , He , as art's elements , shall understand . DRYDEN . The Tides have been always found to follow , periodically , the course of the sun and moon ; and hence it has been suspected ...
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... . Thus it appears , if the earth were entirely covered by the ocean , as represented by the the circle bdec in the following figure , e a that the spheroidical form which it would assume , would. N 2 OF THE TIDES . 135.
... . Thus it appears , if the earth were entirely covered by the ocean , as represented by the the circle bdec in the following figure , e a that the spheroidical form which it would assume , would. N 2 OF THE TIDES . 135.
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... tides , yet the action of the sun adds sensibly to this effect , when his action is exerted in the same direction ... tides rise higher than at any other time , and are called spring tides ; as represented by the follow- ing figure ...
... tides , yet the action of the sun adds sensibly to this effect , when his action is exerted in the same direction ... tides rise higher than at any other time , and are called spring tides ; as represented by the follow- ing figure ...
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... tides are considerably lower than at any other time , and are called neap tides . The spring tides do not take place on the very day of the new and full moon , nor the neap tides on the very day of the quadratures , but a day or two ...
... tides are considerably lower than at any other time , and are called neap tides . The spring tides do not take place on the very day of the new and full moon , nor the neap tides on the very day of the quadratures , but a day or two ...
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