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Page 314
... fmall change in the in- clination of the earth's axis is an effect of the mutual attrac- tion of the planets on the orbit of our earth ; that fince the time of Hipparchus it has contributed in an uniform manner to the decrease of the ...
... fmall change in the in- clination of the earth's axis is an effect of the mutual attrac- tion of the planets on the orbit of our earth ; that fince the time of Hipparchus it has contributed in an uniform manner to the decrease of the ...
Page 380
... fmall fize of this ftar , to make a correct enumeration of all the ftars from the feventh to the ninth magnitude in the neighbourhood of which it may appear , and to repeat the examination of them every day until the fmall planet fhould ...
... fmall fize of this ftar , to make a correct enumeration of all the ftars from the feventh to the ninth magnitude in the neighbourhood of which it may appear , and to repeat the examination of them every day until the fmall planet fhould ...
Page 297
... fmall , fince it has hitherto eluded the notice of philofophers . C. Coulomb gave to each of the bodies which he tried the form of a cylinder or fmall bar : in this ftate he fufpended them by a thread of filk , fuch as it is when taken ...
... fmall , fince it has hitherto eluded the notice of philofophers . C. Coulomb gave to each of the bodies which he tried the form of a cylinder or fmall bar : in this ftate he fufpended them by a thread of filk , fuch as it is when taken ...
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CONTENTS | 3 |
Defcription of a Devarf of a very remarkable Conforma | 17 |
On the attractive Power of Bodies floating on Water | 27 |
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