 | Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace - 1809 - 406 Seiten
...supported by the suffrage of every period, had opposed to him; he discovered that the orbit of Mars is an ellipse, of which the Sun occupies one of the foci, and that the motion of the planet is such, that the radius vector, drawn from its centre to that of... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 Seiten
...which have been fully confirmed by subsequent observations. These laws are, I. The orhit ofjcach planet is an ellipse ; of which the sun occupies one of the foci. The extremity of the major axis of this ellipse, nearest the sun, is called the perihelion ; the opposite... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 568 Seiten
...supported by the suffrage of every period, had opposed to him ; he discovered that the orbit of Mars is an ellipse, of which the sun occupies one of the foci, and that the motion of the planet is such, that the radius vector, drawn from its centre to that of... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1821 - 448 Seiten
...by Kepler; and confirmed by subsequent observations. These laws are, 249. The orbit of each planet is an ellipse; of which the sun occupies one of the foci. That focus is called the lower focus. If we suppose the plane of the earth's orbit, which passes through... | |
 | 1843 - 684 Seiten
...generally known by the name of " Kepler's laws." These laws are: — 1st. The orbit of each planet is an ellipse; of which the Sun occupies one of the foci. 2d. The areas described about the Sun by the radius vector of the planet, are proportional to the times... | |
 | William Rogerson - 1828 - 482 Seiten
...now generally known by the name of " Kepler's laws." These laws are, first, the orbit of each planet is an ellipse, of which the Sun occupies one of the foci : second, the areas described about the Sun, by the radius vector of the planet, are proportional to... | |
 | 1831 - 618 Seiten
...application ; the whole being amenable to the following known Keplerian laws. 1. The orbit of each planet is an ellipse of which the sun occupies one of the foci. 2. The areas described about the Sun by the radius vector of the planet, are proportionate to the times... | |
 | William Augustus Norton - 1839 - 530 Seiten
...the line drawn from tht, SUK to the planet] are proportional to the times. 2. The orbit of a planet is an ellipse, of which the sun occupies one of the foci. 3. The squares of the times of revolution of the planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean... | |
 | Augustus Young - 1846 - 304 Seiten
...described by the radius vector of a planet are proportional to the times. 2. The orbit of a planet is an ellipse, of which the sun occupies one of the foci. 3. The squares of the times of revolution of the planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean... | |
 | W.H.C. BARTLETT,LL.D., - 1865 - 494 Seiten
...the earth to turn once about its axis by about jj-g- of a sidereal second. THE EARTH'S ORBIT. § 178. The orbit of the earth is an ellipse, of which the sun occupies one of the foci. § 179. The extremities of the transverse axis of the orbit are called the Apsides ; that most remote... | |
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The areas described about the sun, by the radius vector of the planet, are proportional to the times employed in describing them. 
