Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 69
is but little less than 6,000.] 2§2. To what is the great oblateness of Jupiter and Saturn at-tributable 1 CENTRIFUGAL FORCE. … To their rapid revolutions upontheir respective axes. [The tendency of a rotary motion to engender cen-trifugal force is illustrated in the adjoining cut, where aboy is seen turning a grindstone so rapidly, as to throwthe water from its surface in every direction. In thesame manner an increased…
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