A Popular Inquiry Into the Moon's Rotation on Her Axis (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Popular Inquiry Into the Moon's Rotation on Her AxisOne feature he has to submit to the more especial cousi deration of Mathematicians. They have, by analysis, proved the modern theory of the Moon's rotation, in its minutest details, even to the participation of the velocity of rotation in the secular inequalities of the lunar orbit, from the laws of gravitation. The Author proves that theory to be nu tenable in every point of view, showing that it does not account for the phenomena of libration, to explain which is its object, that it is based on an error of more than two days, as regards the assumed period of rotation nay, that, in accordance with the phenomena, which the Moon actually presents, her rota tion is a bare physical impossibility. It will, therefore, be for Mathematicians to take this result into consideration. Resting as it does on empirical facts, it is of vital importance to Analysis as well as to the Theory of Gravitation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.