CHAPTER IV

.--SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF NEWTON, CONTINUED. VERIFICATION

AND COMPLETION OF THE NEWTONIAN THEORY.

_Sect._ 1. Division of the Subject. 433 _Sect._ 2. Application of the Newtonian Theory to the Moon. 434 _Sect._ 3. " " " " Planets, Satellites, and Earth. 438 _Sect._ 4. Application of the Newtonian Theory to Secular Inequalities. 444 _Sect._ 5. " " " " to the new Planets.446 _Sect._ 6. " " " " to Comets. 449 _Sect._ 7. " " " " to the Figure of the Earth. 452 _Sect._ 8. Confirmation of the Newtonian Theory by Experiments on Attraction. 456 _Sect._ 9. Application of the Newtonian Theory to the Tides. 457

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