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SECT. 4. Disturbance in the Motion of the Satellites of 



Jupiter from their action on one another, 284? 



General result from the theory of the Plane- 

 tary Disturbances, 288 



. . - 5. Attraction of Spheres and Spheroids, 291 



6. Figure of the Earth, 296 



i 7. Precession of the Equinoxes, 308 



Variation of the Diurnal Rotation, 318 



Variation of the Obliquity of the Ecliptic, 321 



8. Explanation of the Phenomena of the Tides, 326 



Principle of Universal Gravitation, 339 



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