Astronomical and Geographical Essaysauthor, 1789 - 665 páginas |
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... Such facts are also occafionally introduced , and fuch obfervations interfperfed , as it is prefumed will excite curiofity , and fix attention . Having proceeded fo far in this work , I found that it was easy to render it subservient to ...
... Such facts are also occafionally introduced , and fuch obfervations interfperfed , as it is prefumed will excite curiofity , and fix attention . Having proceeded fo far in this work , I found that it was easy to render it subservient to ...
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... such stars , scarce renders that one visible . The number of the stars almost infinitely ex- ceeds what we have yet been speaking of . An ordinary telescope will discover , in several parts of the heavens , ten times as many stars as ...
... such stars , scarce renders that one visible . The number of the stars almost infinitely ex- ceeds what we have yet been speaking of . An ordinary telescope will discover , in several parts of the heavens , ten times as many stars as ...
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... such an amazing size , in this cafe immenfe regions of land would be uninhabitable . The outermoft of Jupiter's fatellites will ap- pear almost as big as the moon does to us ; five times the diameter , and twenty - five times the difk ...
... such an amazing size , in this cafe immenfe regions of land would be uninhabitable . The outermoft of Jupiter's fatellites will ap- pear almost as big as the moon does to us ; five times the diameter , and twenty - five times the difk ...
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... such an immenfe diftance , that the diameter of the earth's orbit bears no fenfible proportion to that distance ; N m n the earth in different points of it's orbit . Let Nm be any particular meridian of the earth , and Na given point ...
... such an immenfe diftance , that the diameter of the earth's orbit bears no fenfible proportion to that distance ; N m n the earth in different points of it's orbit . Let Nm be any particular meridian of the earth , and Na given point ...
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... such an account of it's fituation , as we could fully have depended on . " The latitude of a place the failor can eafily discover ; but the longitude is a subject of the utmoft difficulty , for the discovery of which many methods have ...
... such an account of it's fituation , as we could fully have depended on . " The latitude of a place the failor can eafily discover ; but the longitude is a subject of the utmoft difficulty , for the discovery of which many methods have ...
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aftronomy alfo alſo apparent motion atmoſphere becauſe bodies braſs meridian broad paper circle called cauſes celeftial confequently conjunction decreaſe defcribe degrees diameter diftinguiſhed diſappear diſcovered diſtance diurnal motion earth eaſt ecliptic elongation equator faid fame fatellites feen fhadow fhew fhould fide figns firſt fituation fixed ftars fize folar fome fometimes fouth fouthern fpectator fuch fummer fun appears fun's fuperior fuppofe furface fyftem greateſt heavens hemifphere horizon increaſe inferior conjunction inferior planets inhabitants interfect itſelf Jupiter latitude lefs light London longitude meaſure Mercury miles moon moon's moſt move muſt night nodes obferved oppofite orbit paffes paffing parallax parallel phænomena pofition polar circle pole reaſon repreſent reſpect retrograde motion revolves round rife round the fun Saturn ſeen ſhall ſhe ſmall ſpace ſphere ſpots ſtars ſuppoſe ſyſtem teleſcope thefe theſe thofe thoſe tropic of Cancer univerfe uſed Venus viſible weft whofe