Astronomical and Geographical Essaysauthor, 1789 - 665 páginas |
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... Superior Planets 149 That the Planets are Opake Bodies 159 Of the Moon's Motion 160 Of Eclipfes of the Moon 174 Of Eclipfes of the Sun Of Parallax and Refraction 180 183 Of the Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn 192 Of the Fxed Stars 196 ...
... Superior Planets 149 That the Planets are Opake Bodies 159 Of the Moon's Motion 160 Of Eclipfes of the Moon 174 Of Eclipfes of the Sun Of Parallax and Refraction 180 183 Of the Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn 192 Of the Fxed Stars 196 ...
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... SUPERIOR PLANETS . The orbits of all the planets are elliptical ; but as the principal phænomena of the Copernican fyftem may be fatisfactorily illuftrated , by con- fidering them as circular , the latter fuppofition is ufually adopted ...
... SUPERIOR PLANETS . The orbits of all the planets are elliptical ; but as the principal phænomena of the Copernican fyftem may be fatisfactorily illuftrated , by con- fidering them as circular , the latter fuppofition is ufually adopted ...
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... superior conjunction to her inferior , fhe fets in the even- ing after him ; or in other words , fhines in the evening after he fets , and is called HESPERUS , or VESPER , or the EVENING STAR , The inhabitants of Venus will fee the ...
... superior conjunction to her inferior , fhe fets in the even- ing after him ; or in other words , fhines in the evening after he fets , and is called HESPERUS , or VESPER , or the EVENING STAR , The inhabitants of Venus will fee the ...
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... they may determine the time of the earth's diurnal motion ; by these spots , they may , perhaps , measure their time , -they cannot have a better dial . OF THE SUPERIOR PLANETS . Mars , Jupiter , Saturn 6 OF 66 ASTRONOMICAL ESSAYS .
... they may determine the time of the earth's diurnal motion ; by these spots , they may , perhaps , measure their time , -they cannot have a better dial . OF THE SUPERIOR PLANETS . Mars , Jupiter , Saturn 6 OF 66 ASTRONOMICAL ESSAYS .
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George Adams. OF THE SUPERIOR PLANETS . Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , and the Georgium Sidus , are called fuperior planets , because they are higher in the fyftem , or farther from the center of it , than the earth is , They exhibit feveral ...
George Adams. OF THE SUPERIOR PLANETS . Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , and the Georgium Sidus , are called fuperior planets , because they are higher in the fyftem , or farther from the center of it , than the earth is , They exhibit feveral ...
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