Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871 · London : Longman, Rees Orme · leaf 356
mstances as to theposition of the perihelia of the orbits. Now, we haveseen that a presentation of the one planet to the otherin conjunction, in a variety of situations, tends to pro-duce compensation; and, in fact, the greatest possibleamount of compensation which can be produced by onlythree… … 350 A TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY. CHAP. XI. of perturbation, which is thus accumulated in each tri-ple conjunction, but only that small part which is leftuncompensated by the intermediate ones. The reader,who possesses already some acquaintance with the sub-ject, will not be at a loss to perceive how…
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