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direction of C C. As itbegins, therefore, to descend toward E,its transverse motion carries it one sideof E to D. But the transverse motion being constant andthe descending motion accelerated in consequence of theincreasing influence of the earth E, the path described willbe a curve. As the… … Fig. 15. Motion orA Body in the PRESENCE OF TWOOTHER BODIES. 68 COSMICAL DUST. this point it will be in the same relative position as at Cand independently of any external attraction, will proceedto describe an orbit the second time, and thus the processwill continue indefinitely. The original…
Nebular hypothesis · Cosmogony
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