Assertion: precession | /r/CapableOf | prove amenable
Facets:
value: based on the same principle
type: OTHER
value: to reasonings
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Gravitation was thus shown to be the sole influence governing the movements of planets and satellites; the figure of the rotating earth was successfully explained by its action on the minuter particles of matter; tides and the precession of the equinoxes proved amenable to reasonings based on the same principle; and it satisfactorily accounted as well for some of the chief lunar and planetary inequalities.