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The dawn of astronomy; a study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians (1894)

Lockyer, Joseph Norman,Sir,1836-1920 · London, Cassell · leaf 145

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ull may be analysed into two forces,one of them represented by the line joining the centre of thesun and the centre of the ring, and another at right angles Chap. XII.] PRECESSIOX 125 to it let fall from the point most strongly attracted on to thefirst line. The question is, what will that force at… … MODEL ILLUSTRATING THE PEECES.SIOX OF THE EQUINOXES. force it is perfectly fair if I add a weight. The moment this isdone the axis of the gyroscope representing the earths axis,instead of retaining its direction to the same point as it didbefore, now describes a circle round the pole of the…

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