Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles: And Made Easy to Those who Have Not Studied Mathematics : to which are Added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distances of All the Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's Observation of the Transit of Venus in the Year 1639 : And, of the Distances of All the Planets from the Sun, as Deduced from Observations of the Transit in the Year 1761Matthew Carey, 1809 - 533 Seiten |
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... equal , in a mean state , that of a column of mercury of an equal base and about 30 inches high ; that is , about 15 pounds avoir . on every superficial inch . The planets , if not the sun and fixed stars , are all probably furnished ...
... equal , in a mean state , that of a column of mercury of an equal base and about 30 inches high ; that is , about 15 pounds avoir . on every superficial inch . The planets , if not the sun and fixed stars , are all probably furnished ...
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... equal arches of the former , in which the earth moves , will not correspond to equal arches of the latter , on which time is measured . Equator , that great circle which cuts the axis of rotation at right angles . Equinoctial points ...
... equal arches of the former , in which the earth moves , will not correspond to equal arches of the latter , on which time is measured . Equator , that great circle which cuts the axis of rotation at right angles . Equinoctial points ...
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... equal to the angle at the body , subtended by a semidiameter of the earth terminating in the place of the observer . Hence the horizontal parallax of a body will be the greatest , and in the zenith it will entirely vanish , The fixed ...
... equal to the angle at the body , subtended by a semidiameter of the earth terminating in the place of the observer . Hence the horizontal parallax of a body will be the greatest , and in the zenith it will entirely vanish , The fixed ...
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... equal to the sun's horary angle reduced to time , at the rate of 15 ° to the hour . Mean solar time , is that shewn by a true time - piece , going with an equable motion throughout the year . Sidereal time , is that measured by the ...
... equal to the sun's horary angle reduced to time , at the rate of 15 ° to the hour . Mean solar time , is that shewn by a true time - piece , going with an equable motion throughout the year . Sidereal time , is that measured by the ...
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... equal distances from him in the firmament . 5. By the help of telescopes we discover thousands of stars which are invisible to the bare eye ; and the better our glasses are , still the more stars become and innu- visible : so that we ...
... equal distances from him in the firmament . 5. By the help of telescopes we discover thousands of stars which are invisible to the bare eye ; and the better our glasses are , still the more stars become and innu- visible : so that we ...
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angle appears April Aries ascending node beginning of egress body circle clock conjunction degrees diameter diurnal diurnal motion Dominical letter Earth's axis Earth's centre eclipse equal equator equinoctial equinox fixed stars full Moon globe goes round half heavens horizon horizontal parallax inclined Julian period July June Jupiter latitude Leap-Year London longitude lunar lunation March mean Anomaly mean distance Mercury meridian miles minutes Moon's orbit motion noon north pole observed opposite parallel path penumbra planets plate polar circles revolution right line rising round the Earth round the Sun satellites Saturn seconds seen semidiameter Sept shewn side signs solar south pole subtract Sun and Moon Sun's centre Sun's disc Sun's mean Sun's parallax suppose tides tion total ingress transit transit of Venus tropic tropic of Cancer tropic of Capricorn true turns round Venus Venus's visible
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Seite 419 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
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Seite 383 - Aries, the Ram ; Taurus, the Bull ; Gemini, the Twins : Cancer, the Crab ; Leo, the Lion ; Virgo, the Virgin ; Libra, the Balance ; Scorpio, the Scorpion ; Sagittarius, the Archer ; Capricornus, the Goat ; Aquarius, the Water-bearer ; and Pisces, the Fishes.
Seite 60 - ... wisely ordered by the Author of nature; for if the axis of this planet were inclined any considerable number of degrees, just so many degrees round each pole would in their turn be almost six of our years together in darkness. And as each degree of a great circle on Jupiter contains...
Seite 263 - ... or entirely, intercepts our view of the sun ; the one is called a total, the other a partial, eclipse. Thus the solar eclipse is nothing more than the situation in which the earth is placed when the shadow of the moon falls upon it, and consequently, properly speaking, it is only an eclipse of that part of the earth where the moon's shadow falls. Hence we learn that the sun is not really darkened, but is only for a short space concealed from us by the intervention of another body, whilst he still...
Seite 6 - Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematics...