The elements of mechanics, comprehending statics and dynamics (1848)
Young, J. R. (John Radford), 1799-1885, Williams, John D., ed · Philadelphia, E.H. Butler & Co · leaf 228
on on its axis in a sidereal day, by which rotatory motion everypoint on the equator passes over about 25020 miles. Also its orbit, or a path of about 596904000 miles, is passedover by its progressive motion in 366 sidereal days, hence the ratio V. , V 596904000 „^ „ —IS herel -. = = 65. 3 ; V V… … ILLTTSTRATIVE PROBLEMS. 205 R 1 was given r = —: ; that is, about the -— part of the radms 163 * 2 Itjo distant from the centre. It is very probable that not only the planets but that also thesun may thus derive its motion from a single primitive impulse, andif so, he, in common with the planets,…
Mechanics, Analytic
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