Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles: And Made Easy to Those who Have Not Studied Mathematics : to which are Added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distances of All the Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's Observation of the Transit of Venus in the Year 1639 : And, of the Distances of All the Planets from the Sun, as Deduced from Observations of the Transit in the Year 1761 |
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... Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's ... planet is said to be accelerated in its motion , when its velocity , in any part of its orbit , ex- ceeds its mean ...
... Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's ... planet is said to be accelerated in its motion , when its velocity , in any part of its orbit , ex- ceeds its mean ...
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... Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's ... planet from its aphelion . It is distinguished into true , excentric , and mean . True ano- maly of a planet , is the ...
... Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's ... planet from its aphelion . It is distinguished into true , excentric , and mean . True ano- maly of a planet , is the ...
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... planet's orbit which is at the greatest distance from the sun . The places of the aphelia of the several planets are all different , and have each a small progressive motion , oc- casioned by the mutual attractions of the planets on ...
... planet's orbit which is at the greatest distance from the sun . The places of the aphelia of the several planets are all different , and have each a small progressive motion , oc- casioned by the mutual attractions of the planets on ...
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... Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's Observation of James Ferguson Robert Patterson. Asteroids , star - like bodies , a term of recent invention , and applied to ...
... Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's Observation of James Ferguson Robert Patterson. Asteroids , star - like bodies , a term of recent invention , and applied to ...
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... Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's ... planet , when less than half its illuminated part is visible . Cycle , is any certain period of time in which the same ...
... Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's ... planet , when less than half its illuminated part is visible . Cycle , is any certain period of time in which the same ...
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