On the Free Motion of Points, and on Universal Gravitation: Including the Principal Propositions of Books I. and III. of the Principia; The First Part of a New Edition of a Treatise on Dynamics
Excerpt from On the Free Motion of Points, and on Universal Gravitation: Including the Principal Propositions of Book I. And III. Of the Principia; The First Part of a Treatise on Dynamics Having before me such books of instruction for the higher partsofthe science, ihave endeavoured toleadthe Student up to them, and have given a few of the-introductory steps ofthelunarand planetarytheories, soastoplacehimat the point from which he may proceed under the auspices of these worthier guides, to whotave ineach ofthesecases ...
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Excerpt from On the Free Motion of Points, and on Universal Gravitation: Including the Principal Propositions of Book I. And III. Of the Principia; The First Part of a Treatise on Dynamics Having before me such books of instruction for the higher partsofthe science, ihave endeavoured toleadthe Student up to them, and have given a few of the-introductory steps ofthelunarand planetarytheories, soastoplacehimat the point from which he may proceed under the auspices of these worthier guides, to whotave ineach ofthesecases finally referred him. In this part of the work, I have in tmduced several of the analytical investigations of Laplace and other writers on the subject; as the developement of v and r in terms of 1; (art. 82 the curious theorems of Lambert concerning the ellipse and parabola, which are of use in the problem of the orbit of a comet; (art.36 and and Pontecoulant's elegant integration of the aqua. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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