 The squares of the times of revolution of any two planets are to each other, in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.  Celestial motions - Page 11by William Thynne Lynn - 1884Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - 1807 - 684 pages
...exact as to mention the precise day when he found, " that the squares of the periodic times were always in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances from the sun." When Kepler saw, according to better observations, that his disposition of the five regular... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 406 pages
...confirms that famous observation of Kepler, viz. that the squares of the times in which the planets go round the sun are in the same proportion as the cubes of their distances from him ; and that the sun's attraction is inversely as the square of the distance from... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - 1828 - 776 pages
...mean Distance of a Planet from the Sun. RULE. squares of their periodical times will be to each other in the same proportion as the cub.es of their mean distances from the central body ; and hence the following rule : — As the square of the earth's periodical or annual... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...following proposition : — " The squares of the periodic times of any two planets are to each other, in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances from the sun." Take, for example, the earth and Mars*, whose periods are in the proportion of 3652564 to... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pages
...following proposition: — " The squares of the periodic times of any two planets are to each other, in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances from the sun." Take, for example, the earth and Mars*, whose periods are in the proportion of 3652564 to... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1835 - 364 pages
...he found the great law that regulates the planets, that the squares of their periodical times were in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances from the sun. The age of Kepler and Galileo was the era of great discoveries in the arts and sciences. The... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - 1838 - 804 pages
...body as their common centre of motion, the squares of their periodical times will be to each other in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances from the central body ; and hence the following rule : — As the square of the earth's periodical or annual... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1839 - 366 pages
...he found the great law that regulates the planets, that the squares of their periodical times were in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances from the sun. The age of Kepler and Galileo was the era of great discoveries in the arts and sciences. The... | |
 | Samuel Lytler Metcalfe - 1843 - 490 pages
...iii. Sect. 7.) strated that " the squares of the periodic times of any two planets are to each other, in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances from the sun, — a law which has been found equally true of satellites and their primaries, — if we except... | |
 | 1848 - 572 pages
...out, when he discovered that " the squares of the periodic times of any two planets are to each other, in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances from the sun," nor do we — but we need not go on exposing our ignorance) — we believe, we say, that... | |
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