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... bodies will give the particular equations for the special cases . In the Mécanique Céleste , are thus derived the expressions for precession and nutation ; but the analytical process is difficult , and the point of identi fication of ...
... bodies will give the particular equations for the special cases . In the Mécanique Céleste , are thus derived the expressions for precession and nutation ; but the analytical process is difficult , and the point of identi fication of ...
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... body , their mutual attraction will disturb the regularity of the elliptical motion . The mutual action of the ... bodies composing our system . The expense of the publication of this paper is defrayed by the lib- eral donation of ...
... body , their mutual attraction will disturb the regularity of the elliptical motion . The mutual action of the ... bodies composing our system . The expense of the publication of this paper is defrayed by the lib- eral donation of ...
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... bodies . Journ . Phila . Acad . Nat . Sci . , vi , 141 . 1830 - May . 1831 - Mar . On the inflammation of phosphorus in a partial vacuum . Amer . Journ . Sci . , xviii , 372 . Report of the committee of the Franklin Institute , of ...
... bodies . Journ . Phila . Acad . Nat . Sci . , vi , 141 . 1830 - May . 1831 - Mar . On the inflammation of phosphorus in a partial vacuum . Amer . Journ . Sci . , xviii , 372 . Report of the committee of the Franklin Institute , of ...
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... bodies for heat . Proc . Amer . Phil . Soc . , iii , 132 . Account of observations at Philadelphia and Toronto , during the mag- netic disturbance of May 6 , 1843 , and their bearing upon the question of the kind of instruments and ...
... bodies for heat . Proc . Amer . Phil . Soc . , iii , 132 . Account of observations at Philadelphia and Toronto , during the mag- netic disturbance of May 6 , 1843 , and their bearing upon the question of the kind of instruments and ...
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... body of a canton of three hundred thousand inhabitants , and of its tributaries , Vaud inclusive . These were the descendants of the original burghers of Berne , and of those whom they had admitted from time to time into their ...
... body of a canton of three hundred thousand inhabitants , and of its tributaries , Vaud inclusive . These were the descendants of the original burghers of Berne , and of those whom they had admitted from time to time into their ...
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Стр. 122 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Стр. 246 - Within a finite period of time past, the earth must have been, and within a finite period of time to come, the earth must again be, unfit for the habitation of man as at present constituted, unless operations have been, or are to be performed, which are impossible under the laws to which the known operations going on at present in the material world are subject.
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Стр. 284 - ... deer will outrun the leopard in a fair and open chase, because the work supplied to its muscles by the vegetable food is capable of being given out continuously for a long period of time ; but in a sudden rush at a near distance the leopard will infallibly overtake the deer, because its flesh food stores up in the blood a reserve of force capable of being given out instantaneously in the form of exceedingly rapid muscular action.
Стр. 105 - The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by the principal universities of this country, and few of our leading societies were willing to forego the honor of numbering him among their associates. He was elected in succession president of the American Philosophical Society, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the National Academy of Sciences established by Congress. Nor were foreigners less forward in acknowledging his merit. He was a member of the Royal Society...
Стр. 246 - ... in comparison with the force of the mine which it explodes. But without the power to make some material disposition,' to originate some movement, or to change, at least temporarily, the amount of dynamical force appropriate to some one or more material molecules, the mechanical results of human or animal volition are inconceivable. It matters not that we are ignorant of the mode in which this is performed. It suffices to bring the origination of dynamical power, to however small an extent, within...