Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891 · Chicago, S.C. Griggs and company · leaf 265
tal movements is shownby the arrows. The broken and dotted lines in the viewof the planet represent parts on the invisible hemisphere.N S is the axis of rotation; E E E E is the equator; L L L Lis the great circle of intersection of the plane of the orbitO M with the surface of the planet. It cuts… … FiCrUKE 42.—Illustrating the Skcllai; Effects of Tides in aRotating Viscous Spheroib. N and S are the poles of the spheroid. E E E E, the equator. C CC C, a small circle, in north latitude, parallel with the equator and tangent to L L L L at 7)2.P P P P, a small circle, in south latitude, parallel…
Nebular hypothesis · Cosmogony
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-394-273.webp)
