Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 2. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 462
... said to be bearded , Only one Of all the celestial bodies , comets have given rise fome hairy ; fome to represent a beam , sword , or jecies of them to the greatest number of speculations and conjectures . spear ; others a target , & c ...
... said to be bearded , Only one Of all the celestial bodies , comets have given rise fome hairy ; fome to represent a beam , sword , or jecies of them to the greatest number of speculations and conjectures . spear ; others a target , & c ...
Page 594
... Said to derive it from their firft emperor Fohi , fuppofed to be Noah , ib . Their names for the figns of the zodiac , 3. Divide the heavens into 28 conftellations , ib . Method of delineating thefe conftellations , ib . Were early ...
... Said to derive it from their firft emperor Fohi , fuppofed to be Noah , ib . Their names for the figns of the zodiac , 3. Divide the heavens into 28 conftellations , ib . Method of delineating thefe conftellations , ib . Were early ...
Page 712
... said wall , with ftairs leading down from it to the river : these gates were open by day , and shut by night . Goguet's arguments Berofus , Megafthenes , and Abydenus , attribute all thefe works to Nebuchadnezzar ; but Herodotus tells ...
... said wall , with ftairs leading down from it to the river : these gates were open by day , and shut by night . Goguet's arguments Berofus , Megafthenes , and Abydenus , attribute all thefe works to Nebuchadnezzar ; but Herodotus tells ...
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aftronomers againſt alfo alſo ancient angle appear Athenians Athens atmoſphere Attica aurora borealis axis becauſe body cafe called caufe cauſe centre circle comet confequently confiderable confifts defcribed degrees difcovered difk diftance diurnal motion earth eclipfe equal equator faid fame fatellites fays fecond feems feen fent feven feveral fhadow fhall fhip fhould fhows fide figns fince firft fituation fixed ftars fmall folar fome fometimes foon fouth fpots ftars ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fun's fuppofed furface fyftem greateſt himſelf increaſed inftrument interfects itſelf Jupiter king laft leaft lefs likewife mean Anomaly meaſure meridian moft moon moon's moſt motion move muft muſt node obferved occafion oppofite orbit paffing parallax perfon planets pofition pole prefent purpoſe reafon refpect reft reprefented rife round Saturn ſmall ſpace ſpots ſtars teleſcope thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion uſed Venus weft whofe