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 532
] * (3684) We sliall suppose in the annexed figure, that C represents tlie place of thecentre of the planet Saturn, which is considered as the origin of tiie co-ordinates. The plane of the figure is the primitiveorbit of the outer satellite, which istaken for tiie fixed plane of cry,[7584J ; the… … Lin e oj-nodes, of the suns orbit below the fixed plane of xy [758T]. S is the place of the sun, whoserectangular co-ordinates are represented, as in [7537tJ, by CN = X, iVS = Y, SS =—Z; the negative sign being prefixed to Z, because tlie hne JVS is supposed to fall bcloiv theplane of xy [7589f/].…
Celestial mechanics · Tides · Capillarity
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