 | Mary Somerville - 1834 - 666 síður
...its mean longitude is its angular distance from the same point, supposing the planet to move equably in a circle whose radius is equal to the mean distance of the -body from the sun. The difference between the two is the equation of the centre. longitude of the... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1834 - 390 síður
...its mean longitude is its angular distance from the same point, supposing the planet to move equally in a circle whose radius is -equal to the mean distance of the body from the sun. The difference between the two is the equation of the centre. Longitude of the perihelion.... | |
 | 1861 - 490 síður
...of accuracy. The calculation has been carried to more than six hundred places of decimals ; so that in a circle whose radius is equal to the mean distance of Neptune, the remotest visible planet from the sun, or 350 million geographical miles, the maximum difference... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans - 1865 - 490 síður
...minute is therefore 5*5 cubic miles of heat. Let us imagine the sun to be surrounded by a hollow sphere whose radius is equal to the mean distance of the earth from the sun, or 20,589,000 geographical miles ; the surface of this sphere would be equal to 5328 billions... | |
 | James Craig Watson - 1868 - 678 síður
...resulting values of ¿J and uJ" will also be expressed in seconds of arc in a circle whose radius is eqiul to the mean distance of the earth from the sun. To express thorn in parts of the unit of space, we must divide their values in seconds of arc by 206264.8. The... | |
 | John Hume Kedzie - 1886 - 332 síður
...minute is therefore oo cubic miles of heat. Let us imagine the sun to be surrounded by a hollow sphere whose radius is equal to the mean distance of the earth from the sun, or 20,589,000* geographical miles, the surface of this sphere would be equal to 5,320 billions... | |
 | James Craig Watson - 1900 - 670 síður
...values of cos r/ A0' are expressed in seconds of arc, the resulting values of AJ and AJ" will also be expressed in seconds of arc in a circle whose radius...of space, we must divide their values in seconds of ore by 206264.8. The corrections to be applied to the elements computed from Jand J", in order to satisfy... | |
 | 1863 - 482 síður
...minute is therefore, 6*5 cubic miles of heat. Let us imagine the sun to be surrounded by a hollow sphere whose radius is equal to the mean distance of the earth from the suit, or 20,589,000 geographical miles ; the surface of this sphere would be equal to 5320 billions... | |
 | 1863 - 1212 síður
...minute is therefore 5'5 cubic miles of heat. Let us imagine the sun to be surrounded by a hollow sphere whose radius is equal to the mean distance of the earth from the sun, or 20,589,000 geographical miles ; the surface of this sphere would be equal to 5326 billions... | |
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... billions of units of heat. The effect produced by the rays of the sun on the surface of the earth in one minute is therefore 5-5 cubic miles of heat. Let us imagine the sun to be surrounded by a hollow sphere whose radius is equal to the mean distance... 