 | Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace - 1809 - 406 pages
...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 T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 568 pages
...and which have been fully confirmed by subsequent observations. These laws are, I. The orbit of each 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... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1821 - 448 pages
...discovered 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... | |
 | 1822 - 524 pages
...sun, equal spaces in equal times. (2.) The orbits of the planets are ellipses, of which the centre of the sun occupies one of the foci. (3.) The squares of the times of the planets' revolutions are to one another as the cubes of the greater axes of their orbits Subsequent... | |
 | 1843 - 684 pages
...are now 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 pages
...and are 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 pages
...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... | |
 | Siméon Denis Poisson - 1842 - 706 pages
...the times, about the centre of the sun. 2. The orbits or trajectories of the planets are ellipses, of which the sun occupies one of the foci. 3. The squares of the times of the revolutions of the planets, are to each other as the cubes of the greater axes of their orbits.... | |
 | Augustus William Smith - 1855 - 340 pages
...from their discoverer, are called Kepler's Laws. 1°. The areas 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 center of the sun is one of the foci, 3°. The squares of the times of revolution of the different... | |
 | Augustus William Smith - 1855 - 368 pages
...from their discoverer, are called Kepler's Laws. 1°. The areas 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 center of the sun is one of the foci, 3°. The squares of the times of revolution of the different... | |
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The areas 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 center of the sun is one of the foci, 3°. 
