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World-life; or, Comparative geology (1883)

Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891 · Chicago, S.C. Griggs and company · leaf 159

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d by the attrac-tion of the derived mass. It would indeed tend to retirefrom c until the centrifugal force due to rotation about o * In this connection the various inclinations of the planetary axes in thesolar system are somewhat suggestive. The inclination of Venus amounts to50°, while that of… … Fig. 33.—Prolateness and RotationOF THE Derived Spheriod. should be balanced bythe central attractiondirected toward c. Onthe contrary, the partsat h, having now thesame angular velocityas the other parts, buta slower actual veloci-ty, the centripetal ten-dency w^ould be inexcess, and they…

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