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Mécanique céleste (1829)

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 232

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ribed about the centre C, with the radius CC, upon the point C of its surface. For the density of the sphere being put equal to unity, the attraction of the sphere PESQ, upon the internal point D, is equal to %-x.DC [1430/], in die direction DC. This may be resolved into two forces, represented by… … [1564a] [1564e] 208 HOMOGENEOUS REVOLVING FLUID SPHEROID, [Méo, CM. maintain the equilibrium of the mass, it is only necessary we should have, [1564/] the other force -J v . CC, will represent the difference of the actions of the two spheres ;or, in other words, the action of the stratum M; and…

Celestial mechanics · Tides · Capillarity

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