"On the Secular Variation of the Moon's Mean Motion" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 143 for the Year 1853 Part I & II, pp. 397-406)

Adams, J. C.

Published by Royal Society of London, London, 1853

About this Item

iv, [1]-566, [1]-15 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Adams corrects Pierre-Simon Laplace's (1749-1827) earlier equations for the moon's motion. Also contains William Thomson's "On the Thermal Effects of Fluids in Motion" (Volume 143 pp. 357-365, 1853) and George Gabriel Stokes' "On the Change of Refrangibility of Light.- No. II" (pp.385-386).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: "On the Secular Variation of the Moon's Mean Motion" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 143 for the Year 1853 Part I & II, pp. 397-406)
• Publisher: Royal Society of London, London
• Publication Date: 1853
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
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