Harris, John · Montreal, Lovell Printing and Publishing Co. · leaf 178
his more particularly v^^e refer to Fig. 1,(PI. 1.) where A. represents the sur^, and B. representsthe central star of a neighbouring system; C. a cometor cometary mass of matter; m, y. n.p. q. v. the cometssupposed orbit. From the place m., the comet moves in thedirection of the arrows through the… … COMPOUND SIDEREAL ORBIT. 13 strictly a member of the system belonging to 2>., and con-fined to that system, that is to say, beyond the influenceof any other ^gravitating centre, then, the influence of B.,being counteracted only by the centrifugal force of themoving comet, would restrain it from…
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