Astronomical and Geographical Essaysauthor, 1789 - 665 páginas |
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... increase or diminish ; thus putting pofterity in poffeffion , as it were , of the heavens . " Several aftronomers have followed Hipparchus in the fame arduous undertaking . In 1603 , J. Bayer published celeftial charts of all the known ...
... increase or diminish ; thus putting pofterity in poffeffion , as it were , of the heavens . " Several aftronomers have followed Hipparchus in the fame arduous undertaking . In 1603 , J. Bayer published celeftial charts of all the known ...
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... increased under his eye ; 44000 ftars , seen in the space of a few degrees , feemed to indicate that there were feventy - five millions in the heavens . " But what are all thefe , when com- pared to thofe that fill the whole expanse ...
... increased under his eye ; 44000 ftars , seen in the space of a few degrees , feemed to indicate that there were feventy - five millions in the heavens . " But what are all thefe , when com- pared to thofe that fill the whole expanse ...
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... bodies , which at their first appearance are small , obfcure , ill - defined , and that move very flow , but which afterwards increase in magnitude , 5 light , light , and velocity , until they arrive at a 18 ASTRONOMICAL ESSAYS .
... bodies , which at their first appearance are small , obfcure , ill - defined , and that move very flow , but which afterwards increase in magnitude , 5 light , light , and velocity , until they arrive at a 18 ASTRONOMICAL ESSAYS .
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... increases * The conformity of this definition of the ecliptic , with that given in page 19 , will be seen hereafter . increases every night in fize , and removes to a 30 ASTRONOMICAL ESSAYS . Of the Apparent Phænomena of the Moon.
... increases * The conformity of this definition of the ecliptic , with that given in page 19 , will be seen hereafter . increases every night in fize , and removes to a 30 ASTRONOMICAL ESSAYS . Of the Apparent Phænomena of the Moon.
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George Adams. increases every night in fize , and removes to a greater distance from the fun , till at last fhe she ap- pears in the eastern part of the horizon , when the fun is disappearing in the western . After this , the gradually ...
George Adams. increases every night in fize , and removes to a greater distance from the fun , till at last fhe she ap- pears in the eastern part of the horizon , when the fun is disappearing in the western . After this , the gradually ...
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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