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OUTLINES OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 



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The first of the above Tables gives the inclination of 

 the orbits, the position of the line of the nodes, and 

 the secular motion of the nodes for all the planets. 

 The sign minus, prefixed to the motions of the 

 nodes, signifies that they are retrograde* The in- 

 clinations of the orbits of Vesta, Ceres and Pallas, 

 are greater than those of the other planets ; and 

 the orbit of the last goes far beyond the zodiac. 

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