Ericsson, John, 1803-1889 · New York : Printed for the author at "The Nation" Press · leaf 101
EAT. chap. hi. ray ah to g makes h g tliree times longer than / g. It willnow be evident ttat tie ray a li, AvLicli lias been arrestedat h, must, while the earth advances from / to g, continue itscourse at a rate three times greater than the earths orbitalvelocity, in order to reach g… … of the globe, must move at the rate of 288,360 ft. per second.The advancing eastern quarter obviously imparts a retrogrademovement to the solar wave, consequently the ray m I will,on grounds already set forth, be pushed towards the sun atthe rate of 288,360 ft. per second. We have thus establisheda…
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