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... globe 69. The figure must be some sort of oblate spheroid - tion · 53 104. Proof by the descent of a body from a great height ib . 105. Foucault's experimental illustra- 54 70. Its ellipticity must depend on gravity and centrifugal ...
... globe 69. The figure must be some sort of oblate spheroid - tion · 53 104. Proof by the descent of a body from a great height ib . 105. Foucault's experimental illustra- 54 70. Its ellipticity must depend on gravity and centrifugal ...
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... globe 508. Form and dimensions of the sha- dow - ib . 222 22 2 2 2 2 2 2 · 298 · 299 293 - 294 509. Total and partial solar eclipses explained by the lunar shadow ib . - ib . · 295 - 296 ib . Sect . Page Sect Page 536. Effects of ...
... globe 508. Form and dimensions of the sha- dow - ib . 222 22 2 2 2 2 2 2 · 298 · 299 293 - 294 509. Total and partial solar eclipses explained by the lunar shadow ib . - ib . · 295 - 296 ib . Sect . Page Sect Page 536. Effects of ...
Strona xix
... globe ib . ib . 683. To find the place of an object on the globe when its right ascen . sion and declination are known 396 PERIODIC , CHAP . XX . TEMPORARY , AND MULTIPLE CONTENTS . xix.
... globe ib . ib . 683. To find the place of an object on the globe when its right ascen . sion and declination are known 396 PERIODIC , CHAP . XX . TEMPORARY , AND MULTIPLE CONTENTS . xix.
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... globe having dimen- sions vastly greater than all the others , is established , maintaining physical order among them by his predominant attraction , and ministering to the well - being of the tribes which inhabit them by a fit and ...
... globe having dimen- sions vastly greater than all the others , is established , maintaining physical order among them by his predominant attraction , and ministering to the well - being of the tribes which inhabit them by a fit and ...
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... globe , forming part of the transversal axis A B. Thus mounted , the telescope can be made to revolve like a wheel upon the axis AB , and while it thus revolves its line of collimation would be directed successively to all the points of ...
... globe , forming part of the transversal axis A B. Thus mounted , the telescope can be made to revolve like a wheel upon the axis AB , and while it thus revolves its line of collimation would be directed successively to all the points of ...
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