Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE DISTANCE OF A COMET FROM THE EARTH, AND THE ELEMENTS OF ITS ORBIT
- ON THE THEORY OF THE MOON, AND ON THE PERTURBATIONS OF THE PLANETS
- AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE COMPUTATION OF ECLIPSES AND OCCULTATIONS
- AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE TIDES
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- THE TIDES
- Mathematical Theory of the Oscillations of the Surface of the Ocean
- Comparison of Theory with Observation
- Method of predicting the Time and Height of High Water
- Observations of the Tides
- ON THE HEAT OF VAPOURS AND ON ASTRONOMICAL REFRACTIONS
- ON THE DISCOVERY OF THE PLANET NEPTUNE
PREFACE
from AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE TIDES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE DISTANCE OF A COMET FROM THE EARTH, AND THE ELEMENTS OF ITS ORBIT
- ON THE THEORY OF THE MOON, AND ON THE PERTURBATIONS OF THE PLANETS
- AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE COMPUTATION OF ECLIPSES AND OCCULTATIONS
- AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE TIDES
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- THE TIDES
- Mathematical Theory of the Oscillations of the Surface of the Ocean
- Comparison of Theory with Observation
- Method of predicting the Time and Height of High Water
- Observations of the Tides
- ON THE HEAT OF VAPOURS AND ON ASTRONOMICAL REFRACTIONS
- ON THE DISCOVERY OF THE PLANET NEPTUNE
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- On the Determination of the Distance of a Comet from the EarthAnd Other Works, pp. 213 - 217Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014