Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 643
... pole was then taken up and laid down at the end of the fecond , and fo on fucceffively ; and for the greater eafe in keeping the account , the measurer who laid down the fecond pole had ten little stakes given him , one of which he fuck ...
... pole was then taken up and laid down at the end of the fecond , and fo on fucceffively ; and for the greater eafe in keeping the account , the measurer who laid down the fecond pole had ten little stakes given him , one of which he fuck ...
Page 652
... poles , or ends of the axis in the fphere . That pole which is in the middle of the northern hemifphère , will be called the north pole of the Sphere ; and that which is in the middle of the fouthern hemisphere , the fouth pole . If ...
... poles , or ends of the axis in the fphere . That pole which is in the middle of the northern hemifphère , will be called the north pole of the Sphere ; and that which is in the middle of the fouthern hemisphere , the fouth pole . If ...
Page 660
... poles into months and days , according to the fun's de- clination , reckoning from the pole . Therefore , by bringing the day of the month to the horizon , and rectifying the globe according to the time of the day , the horizon will ...
... poles into months and days , according to the fun's de- clination , reckoning from the pole . Therefore , by bringing the day of the month to the horizon , and rectifying the globe according to the time of the day , the horizon will ...
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