[35] Silliman's Journal, vol xxxv., page 283.
[36] The real diameter of the earth in that latitude, whose sine is
one-third, is a little greater than this; but the true mean is more
favorable for the Newtonian law.
[37] This is, perhaps, the nearest ratio of the densities and distances.
[38] This is an important consideration, as bearing on the geology of
the earth.
[39] It is not as likely that the condensation of the sun was so sudden
as that of the planets, and therefore in this case this distance is only
approximate.
[40] Mechanique Celeste. Theory of the Moon.
[41] Mechanique Celeste. Masses of the planets.