Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions1824 |
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... equal , meaning by momentum the product of the force into the velocity of the point at which it is applied . This was carried farther by Wallis , who appears to have been the first writer who , in his Mechanica , published in 1669 ...
... equal , meaning by momentum the product of the force into the velocity of the point at which it is applied . This was carried farther by Wallis , who appears to have been the first writer who , in his Mechanica , published in 1669 ...
Page 53
that thickness the relations formerly expressed . A plate of which the thickness was equal to a certain quantity multiplied by an odd number , gave always a circle of the one kind ; but if the thickness of the plate was equal to the ...
that thickness the relations formerly expressed . A plate of which the thickness was equal to a certain quantity multiplied by an odd number , gave always a circle of the one kind ; but if the thickness of the plate was equal to the ...
Page 54
... equal to a side in the other , the hypothenuse of the first being given , and the squares of their remaining sides differing by a given space , the sines of the angles opposite to the equal sides must have a given ratio to one another ...
... equal to a side in the other , the hypothenuse of the first being given , and the squares of their remaining sides differing by a given space , the sines of the angles opposite to the equal sides must have a given ratio to one another ...
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... equal to 60 English miles . This being in reality a very erroneous supposition , the result of the calculation did ... equal areas in equal times , about the centre of force , and the ellipticity of the orbits described un- der the ...
... equal to 60 English miles . This being in reality a very erroneous supposition , the result of the calculation did ... equal areas in equal times , about the centre of force , and the ellipticity of the orbits described un- der the ...
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... equal areas in equal times round the earth . The effect of it on the whole , however , he showed to be , to diminish the gravity of the moon to the earth by about one 358th part , and to increase her mean distance in the same proportion ...
... equal areas in equal times round the earth . The effect of it on the whole , however , he showed to be , to diminish the gravity of the moon to the earth by about one 358th part , and to increase her mean distance in the same proportion ...
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