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050		4	_aQB391 _b.E85 1753
082	0	4	_a521 _223
100	1		_aEuler, Leonhard, _d1707-1783, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aTheoria motus lunae exhibens omnes eius inaequalitates : _bIn additamento hoc idem argumentum aliter tractatur simulque ostenditur quemadmodum motus lunae cum omnibus inaequalitatibus innumeris aliis modis repraesentari atque ad calculum revocari possit / _cLeonhard Euler.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1753.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 347 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Astronomy
520			_aThe problem of the moon's orbit was one that Leonhard Euler (1707-83) returned to repeatedly throughout his life. It provided a testing ground for Newton's theory of gravitation. Could the motion of the moon be entirely accounted for by Newton's theory? Or, as Euler initially suspected, did other forces need to be invoked? For practical purposes, if the moon's orbit could be accurately predicted, its motion would provide the universal timekeeper required to solve the longitude problem. In addition to the mathematical 'three-body problem', a topic still under investigation today, Euler was faced with the statistical problem of reconciling observations rendered inconsistent by experimental error. The present work, published in Latin in 1753, is Euler's triumphant solution. It may not be the last word on a subject which has occupied mathematicians and astronomers for over three centuries, but it showed that Newton's laws were sufficient to explain lunar motion.
650		0	_aLunar theory _vEarly works to 1800.
650		0	_aCelestial mechanics _vEarly works to 1800.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108065351
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pAstronomy.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107323872
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