This law, deduced, was the immediate path to the law of orbital ellipticity. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
(Sometimes circularity is called or confused with ellipticity, but I prefer the former.). From Wordnik.com. [What is Your Equation?] Reference
Croll on the reverse of seasons every 10,500 years during certain periods of high ellipticity of the earth's orbit. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892] Reference
He granted that the proposition connected mathematically the inverse square law to the ellipticity of the course of the planets. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation in Mathematics] Reference
The orbits of Mercury and Mars have an appearance of ellipticity because the sun does not occupy the central point in the diagram. From Wordnik.com. [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference
Further, Descartes was unable to give, or explain the ellipticity of the orbits of planets, and had to assume that there were elliptic vortices. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
The data were converted to molar ellipticity units. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The arrow indicates increasing negative ellipticity at. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
They are really planets of wider wandering, greater ellipticity, and less density. From Wordnik.com. [Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work] Reference
For nearly a million years, the Earth has experienced Ice Ages correlating with the ellipticity. From Wordnik.com. [Aftermath News] Reference
Laplace, almost the same result for the ellipticity as the measurements of degrees, viz., 1/299th. From Wordnik.com. [COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1] Reference
The ellipticity for the spectrum is comparatively low, similar to that observed in the fibrillogenesis of Aβ. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Its two diameters are to one another as 17 is to 16; the ellipticity of its disk is manifest to simple inspection. From Wordnik.com. [Pioneers of Science] Reference
The fact that there is no measurable ellipticity is, I think, one which on first consideration would not be expected. From Wordnik.com. [The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays] Reference
The argument of simplicity was greatly strengthened by Kepler when he discovered the ellipticity of planetary orbits. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
The Results were expressed in units of molar ellipticity per residue (deg cm2 dmol-1) and plotted versus the wavelength. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The ellipticity of Jupiter indicated by these figures is sufficiently marked to be obvious without any refined measures. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Heavens] Reference
Hence it is plain that Clairaut's theorem furnishes a practical method for determining the value of the earth's ellipticity. From Wordnik.com. [Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men] Reference
From then on, ISRO executed five manoeuvres to increase the ellipticity of the spacecraft's orbit to propel it towards the moon. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
He determined the most accurate figure to date of the ellipticity of the Earth, which was later used in reconstructing standards of length. From Wordnik.com. [Brits at their Best] Reference
We can even calculate the degree of ellipticity which this surmise would require, and we find that it coincides with the observed ellipticity. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Heavens] Reference
These, though they confirm the foregoing results, give a somewhat greater ellipticity to the earth than that found by the measurement of degrees. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science] Reference
Tables were calculated by Kepler from the Observations of Tycho, and are founded on his own great discovery of the ellipticity of the planetary orbits. From Wordnik.com. [The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler] Reference
Listing stated the dimensions of the terrestrial spheroid as follows: Equatorial radius = 3,960 miles; polar radius = 3,947 miles; ellipticity = 1/288·5. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition] Reference
Why does the article start out stating that the AU is increasing ... primate: So what astronomers are looking at a distribution of ellipticity vs. star age?. From Wordnik.com. [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference
On account of the ellipticity of its orbit, the earth is three millions of miles nearer the sun on the first of January, or thereabout, than on the first of July. From Wordnik.com. [Census of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, For the Year 1861. Illustrated by Statistical Tables. Prepared under the Authority of the City Council by Frederick A. Ford] Reference
As examples of astronomical explanation, we may take the well-known theory of Adhemar and Crohl, which is founded on changes in the ellipticity of the earth's orbit. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquity of Man] Reference
1789, Laplace found that this cause must reside in the ellipticity of. From Wordnik.com. [Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men] Reference
The ellipticity of the earth’s orbit leads to it being about 3% closer to the earth in the northern winter than in the southern winter. From Wordnik.com. [Penetrating Radiation « Climate Audit] Reference
Hence it is plain that Clairaut's theorem furnishes a practical method for determining the value of the earth's ellipticity. ”. From Wordnik.com. [Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men]
Pound measured the ellipticity = 1/(13.25). From Wordnik.com. [History of Astronomy] Reference
(precession of the equinoxes, varying ellipticity of. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
A, Far-UV circular dichroism spectra showing the molar ellipticity (measured in deg cm. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
3,950 miles, giving an ellipticity of 1/293·5. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition] Reference
Smithing hearth bottoms are being described in terms of their weight, volume, density, mineralogy, chemistry, ellipticity, flatness, position in the hearth, and profile. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Metallurgical Studies] Reference
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