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Page 47
... orbit more easily than Sir Isaac has done ; and the method occurred to me upon perusing the Great Man's chapter concerning the Invention of Orbits . I submit the process to you without daring to say one word in its behalf . " The solu ...
... orbit more easily than Sir Isaac has done ; and the method occurred to me upon perusing the Great Man's chapter concerning the Invention of Orbits . I submit the process to you without daring to say one word in its behalf . " The solu ...
Page 49
... orbits of the planets , " after a consideration of what he termed Blake's " ingenious attempt therein . " Of further en- deavors on the part of Blake to arrive at " ascertaining a planetary orbit more easily than Newton had done ...
... orbits of the planets , " after a consideration of what he termed Blake's " ingenious attempt therein . " Of further en- deavors on the part of Blake to arrive at " ascertaining a planetary orbit more easily than Newton had done ...
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... orbit , and gives the differential equation for the motion of the apse of the lunar orbit similar to that arrived at by Clairaut , a French contemporary . His results , obtained by deducting a general solution by indeterminate ...
... orbit , and gives the differential equation for the motion of the apse of the lunar orbit similar to that arrived at by Clairaut , a French contemporary . His results , obtained by deducting a general solution by indeterminate ...
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