The mathematical principles of natural philosophy (1803)
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727, Motte, Andrew, d. 1734, Davis, William, 1771-1807, Emerson, William, 1701-1782, Machin, John, d. 1751, Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727. De mundi systemate. English · London, Printed for H. D. Symonds · leaf 56
s are governed; but the greatnefs of the tides dependsupon the greatnefs of the feas. Let C reprefent the centreof the earth, EADB the oval figure of the feas, CA the lon-ger femi-axis of this oval, CB the fiiorter infifting at rightangles upon the former, D the middle point between A andB, and ECF… … die between the points E^ F, and the point D in the middlebetween the points e, f, if the difference of the heights CA,CB, reprefent the quantity of the tide in a very deep fea fur-roiioding the whole earth, the excefs of the height CA abovethe height CE or CF w^ill reprefent the quantity of the…
Mechanics · Celestial mechanics
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