 | 1833 - 540 ページ
...of the problem of vibrating chords, and the motion of a column of air ; in 1 749 he did the same for the precession of the equinoxes and the nutation of the earth's axis, the latter of which had been just discovered by Bradley. In 1752 he published his Essay on the Resistance... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1834 - 390 ページ
...From the formulae which determine the difference of the consecutive tides, it is also proved, that the precession of the equinoxes, and the nutation of the earth's axis, are the same as if the sea formed one solid mass with the earth. Oscillations of the third kind are... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1834 - 484 ページ
...From the formulae which determine the difference of the consecutive tides, it is also proved, that the precession of the equinoxes, and the nutation of the earth's axis, are the same as if the sea formed one solid mass with .the earth. Oscillations of the third kind are... | |
 | 1834 - 578 ページ
...negative when the motion is towards the north pole, and positive in the other case. CHAPTER VII. On the Precession of the Equinoxes, and the Nutation of the Earth's Axis. have already mentioned that Bradley's first notion, when he discovered the annual variation in the... | |
 | 1834 - 574 ページ
...negative when the motion is towards the north pole, and positive in the other case. CHAPTER VII. On the Precession of the Equinoxes, and the Nutation of the Earth's Axis. WE have already mentioned that Bradley's first notion, when he discovered the annual variation in the... | |
 | John Henry Pratt - 1836 - 672 ページ
...impulsive forces. The subject of the first of these Chapters leads to the demonstration and calculation of the Precession of the Equinoxes and the Nutation of the Earth's Axis: the formulae for these are prepared for numerical calculation; the reduction to numbers will be found... | |
 | John Henry Pratt - 1836 - 653 ページ
...impulsive forces. The subject of the first of these Chapters leads to the demonstration and calculation of the Precession of the Equinoxes and the Nutation of the Earth's Axis: the formulas for these are prepared for numerical calculation; the reduction to numbers will be found... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1836 - 588 ページ
...with the mathematical constitution of the globe, and therefore erroneous. Laplace was of opinion, that the precession of the equinoxes and the nutation of the earth's axis, indicate a gradual increase of specific gravity from the surface to the centre. This is the way that... | |
 | Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 ページ
...discoveries the analytical solutions of the problem of vibrating chords, and the motion of a column of air; of the precession of the equinoxes, and the nutation of the earth's axis, the phenomenon itself having been recently observed by Bradley. In 1752 he completed his researches... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 538 ページ
...discoveries the analytical solutions of the problem of vibrating chords, and the motion of a column of air; of the precession of the equinoxes, and the nutation of the earth's axis, the phenomenon itself having been recently observed by Bradley. In 1752 he completed his researches... | |
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D'Alembert, was the Precession of the equinoxes and the Nutation of the earth's axis, according to the theory of gravitation. 
