Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908, Young, Anne Sewell, b. 1871., ed · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company · leaf 388
same. This determination is inde-fB pendent of all considerationsof weight: the apparatus wouldgive the same results on thesurface of the moon, or on thatr— // of Jupiter, as on the earth. It l / is obvious, however, that an Fig. 126. instrument of this sort could not compete in accuracy… … DISCUSSION OF THE EQUATION OF TIME(Supplementary to Art. 128.) 497. Effect of the Eccentricity of the Orbit. — Near perihelion,which occurs about Dec. 31st, the suns eastward motion on the eclip-tic is most rapid. At this time, accordingly, the apparent solar daysexceed the sidereal by more than…
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