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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 830

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4, drawn from the centre A, through the point h,towards the point H in the starry heavens. The line «,Ci, figure 86, continued to A,, <■represents the projection of the ecliptic, upon which we shall let fall the perpendiculars A„A^,A^a^,HJi^, C^c,, C„Cy Then it is evident, from the constmction,… … 796 APPENDIX, BY THE TRANSLATOR; [5994] drawn through a,, perpendicular to the plane of the figure is ©, the inclination of the line p to this axis is 0—a ; consequently this projection of p is represented by, (80) a,a, = h. A, = p.sin.(©—a).In like manner the projection of p is, (81) qC3 = A.C3 =…

Celestial mechanics · Tides · Capillarity

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