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... pass before , and then behind the planets they respectively attend . These small bodies he will call SECONDARY PLANETS , SATELLITES , or MOONS . The obferver by remarking the exact time when each planet paffes over fome fixed star , and ...
... pass before , and then behind the planets they respectively attend . These small bodies he will call SECONDARY PLANETS , SATELLITES , or MOONS . The obferver by remarking the exact time when each planet paffes over fome fixed star , and ...
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... pass through in the open fpace in which they move , and in which they are retained by a ce- leftial but continuous mechanism . * Dr. Watts's Aftronomy . OF OF THE MOTION OF THE PLANETS ROUND THEIR AXIS . 20 ASTRONOMICAL ESSAYS .
... pass through in the open fpace in which they move , and in which they are retained by a ce- leftial but continuous mechanism . * Dr. Watts's Aftronomy . OF OF THE MOTION OF THE PLANETS ROUND THEIR AXIS . 20 ASTRONOMICAL ESSAYS .
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... pass from the middle to the other edge . The time they are feen on the planet's disk , is fome- what less than the time of their disappearance . From these circumstances he will conclude , first , that these spots adhere to the body of ...
... pass from the middle to the other edge . The time they are feen on the planet's disk , is fome- what less than the time of their disappearance . From these circumstances he will conclude , first , that these spots adhere to the body of ...
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... pass through that place , and the poles of the earth ; we may therefore imagine as many me- ridians as there are places upon the earth , be- cause any place that is ever fo little to the east or weft of another place , has a different ...
... pass through that place , and the poles of the earth ; we may therefore imagine as many me- ridians as there are places upon the earth , be- cause any place that is ever fo little to the east or weft of another place , has a different ...
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... pass by him ; so it is in the heavens . To a spec- tator upon the earth , as it moves along it's orbit , or fails as it were through celeftial space , the fun , the planets , and the fixed ftars , appear to change their places . The ...
... pass by him ; so it is in the heavens . To a spec- tator upon the earth , as it moves along it's orbit , or fails as it were through celeftial space , the fun , the planets , and the fixed ftars , appear to change their places . The ...
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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