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
... says he horrow . they were formed was consumed . Seneca , who lived ed from the philosopher Democritus , who imagined in the first century , mentions Apollonius of Myndus , them to be the souls of famous heroes : but that being a very ...
... says he horrow . they were formed was consumed . Seneca , who lived ed from the philosopher Democritus , who imagined in the first century , mentions Apollonius of Myndus , them to be the souls of famous heroes : but that being a very ...
Page 514
... Say therefore , As 57 ' 8 are to 360 ° , or 21,600 minutes , fo is one day to the fpace of time wherein the earth having left Saturn re- cedes from him 360 ° ; that is , to the time of her re- turn to Saturn again , or the time between ...
... Say therefore , As 57 ' 8 are to 360 ° , or 21,600 minutes , fo is one day to the fpace of time wherein the earth having left Saturn re- cedes from him 360 ° ; that is , to the time of her re- turn to Saturn again , or the time between ...
Page 681
... says , " That when he was young , he acted against his reafon ; but that when he was in years , he followed its dictates : " upon which he utters this with ; " Would to God I had been born old , and that in my youth I had been in a ...
... says , " That when he was young , he acted against his reafon ; but that when he was in years , he followed its dictates : " upon which he utters this with ; " Would to God I had been born old , and that in my youth I had been in a ...
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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