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 400
e equator XCY ; the line C H not being drawn in the figure,to prevent confusion. If the earth were spherical, the curve HliL would coincide withthe plane of the celestial meridian C Z E, and the arc i m would be nothing incomparison with Ii ; or, in other words, the angle mli would be nothing.… … [1872c] [1872rf] [1872e] [1872e] Ff —: will also be of the order a.1% [1872/][1872g] as Ff is generally of the same order as m i, the ratio Now Ff is nearly equal to rdy, or <p, because r is nearly equal to unity [1850c] ; moreover Ii=ds, therefore -^Z is of the order a. Hence if we divide the…
Celestial mechanics · Tides · Capillarity
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