...latitude. The mutation of the earth's axis and the precession of the equinoxes being occasioned by the action of the sun and moon on the * protuberant matter of the equator of the earth, show that there is a compression at the poles. In traveling from the poles to...

...« Ursa Minoris. This varying direction of the earth's axis is occasioned by the varying influence of the sun and moon on the protuberant matter of the earth's equator, in necessary correspondence with the earth's variations of distance in different parts of...

...star, a Ursa Minoris. This varying direction of the earth's axis is occasioned by the varying influence of the sun and moon on the protuberant matter of the earth's equator, in necessary correspondence with the earth's variations of distance in different parts of...

...present going further. This varying direction of the earth's axis is occasioned by the varying influence of the sun and moon on the protuberant matter of the earth's equator, in necessary correspondence with the earth's variations of distance in different parts of...

...star, a Ursa Minoris. This varying direction of the earth's axis is occasioned by the varying influence of the sun and moon on the protuberant matter of the earth's equator, in necessary correspondence with the earth's variations of distance in different parts of...

...Newton discovered this singular mode of action, which accordingly consists of the combined disturbing action of the sun and moon on the protuberant matter of the earth's equatorial region." Some astronomers state that there would be no precession if the earth were really spherical....