Astronomical and geographical essays

R. Hindmarsh ... and sold by the author, 1795 - 579 páginas

PROB	8

PROB	16

Of the Phenomena of the Heavens as feen from	18

twentyfour Hours	23

The Appearance of the Planets	28

Of Mercury	36

To find the Hour by the	39

Of the Earth	42

To find the Difference of Latitude between	228

32	236

To find the Diſtance of one Place from another	239

To rectify the Globe	245

To exemplify the Suns Altitude	253

PROB PAGE	256

To illuftrate the Diftinction of Afcii c	264

To find the Suns Declination	272

To rectify the Globe to the Latitude and Horizon	280

To obferve the Suns Altitude	286

To fhew where the Sun will be twice on	292

Of Navigation	312

Given the Difference of Latitude and Difference	318

PROB	328

Of the Celestial Globe	337

Of the Preceffion of the Equinoxes	343

PROB	349

10	354

the Rifing Setting Culminating	374

6	379

of a Star	381

29	389

7	391

when a Star will fet heliacally	393

39	399

To illuſtrate the Harveſt Moon	409

Of Comets	415

From two given Places to affign the Comets	421

A Defcription of the moſt improved Planetarium	425

Deſcription of the Tellurian	445

Deſcription of the Lunarium	460

An Introduction to Practical Aftronomy in which	473

Título	Astronomical and geographical essays
Autor	George Adams
Edición	3
Editor	R. Hindmarsh ... and sold by the author, 1795
Procedencia del original	Princeton University
Digitalizado	28 Feb 2011
N.º de páginas	579 páginas

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Of Mars	48

Of Jupiter	50

Of the Georgium Sidus	56

Of the Figure of the Earth	62

Of the Diurnal Motion of the Earth	69

Of the Annual Motion of the Earth	79

Of the Phenomena occafioned by the Annual	86

Of Solar and Siderial Time	101

the Motion of the Earth and of the inferior	107

Of the Phafes of Venus	120

Of the Secondary Planets	129

Of the Phafes of the Moon	136

Of Eclipfes	144

Of Eclipfes of the Moon	150

Of the Period of Eclipfes	158

Of the Fixed Stars	166

Herfchel on the Conftruction of the Univerfe c	173

Of Comets	179

Of the Teleſcopic Appearance of the Planets	186

Of the Ufe of the Globes	195

Defcription of the Globes	204

Of the Terreſtrial Globe	214

two Places	221

34	227