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9781108001571

Mechanism of the Heavens

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  • ISBN13:

    9781108001571

  • ISBN10:

    1108001572

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-07-20
  • Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

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Summary

Published in 1831, this work forms part of a collection of introductory volumes suggested by Henry, Lord Brougham and Vaux, the Lord Chancellor, for the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Due to the exceptional mathematical ability of its author, however, it outgrew its original plan and has since been seen as a rather more ambitious project. Praised by Somerville's contemporary Sir John Herschel for its presentation of general astronomical theories and the mechanical principles employed in their derivation, the work was a tour de force of scientific and technical exposition. It is especially remarkable both for its author's firm grasp of the subject, especially given her lack of formal mathematical training, and for its clear outline of Newtonian philosophy for a popular audience.

Table of Contents

Preliminary dissertation
Introduction
Definitions, axioms, etc.
Variable motion
Equilibrium of a system of bodies
Motion of a system of bodies
The motion of a solid body of any form whatever
On the equilibrium of fluids
Motion of fluids
Progress of astronomy
On the law of universal gravitation
On the differential equations of the motion of a system of bodies
On the elliptical motion of the planets
Theory of the perturbation of the planets
Secular inequalities of the elements of the orbits
Periodic variations in the elements of the planetary orbits
Perturbations of the planets
Second method of finding the perturbations of a planet
The theory of Jupiter and Saturn
Inequalities occasioned by the ellipticity of the sun
Perturbations in the motions of the planets occasioned by the action of their satellites
Data for computing the celestial motions
Numerical values of the perturbation of Jupiter
Lunar theory
Numerical values of the coefficients
Inequalities from the form of the earth
Inequalities from the action of the planets
Effects of the secular variation in the plane of the ecliptic
Effects of an ethereal medium on the motions of the moon
Theory of Jupiter's satellites
First approximation
Second approximation
Inequalities of the eccentricities
Inequalities of the disturbing force
Theory of Jupiter's satellites (continued)
Perturbation of the satellites in latitude
Numerical versions of the perturbations
Eclipses of Jupiter's satellites
Index
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