Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827, Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838, Bowditch, N. I. (Nathaniel Ingersoll), 1805-1861 · Boston, Hillard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins · leaf 1003
e arc B L.The arc ZL being continued, intersects XYperpendicularly in E ; then we have, in thepresent notation, arcXZ?=-^, BY=90d—-^,2xcBL=v [3644, &,c] ; angle LB Y=ff,angleLBX=lS0d—&. In the oblique-angledtriangles X B L, Y B L, and in theright-angled triangle JE L, we have, from [1345s,… … X A V. iii. 4.21.] EFFECT OF THE ATTRACTION OF A DISTANT BODY. 979 If we neglect the terms depending on the sines and cosines of the angle v r„~„, . L-36o0] and its multiples,* also those which depend on the angle 2 9, because allthese terms become insensible by these integrations, we shall have,f…
Celestial mechanics · Tides · Capillarity
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