Encyclop¿dia 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 421
... several tracts , in which he handled many capital points of geometry , aftronomy , and geography , He published a tranflation of in a masterly manner . Ptolemy's Geography , with a commentary , which is ftill extant . In this he first ...
... several tracts , in which he handled many capital points of geometry , aftronomy , and geography , He published a tranflation of in a masterly manner . Ptolemy's Geography , with a commentary , which is ftill extant . In this he first ...
Page 612
... several parts of the mountain , on which are 24 large old monafteries , furrounded with high walls for a defence againft banditti . They are fo refpected , that the Turks themselves will often fend them alms . These monks are not idle ...
... several parts of the mountain , on which are 24 large old monafteries , furrounded with high walls for a defence againft banditti . They are fo refpected , that the Turks themselves will often fend them alms . These monks are not idle ...
Page 627
... several channelled herbaceous ftalks rifing about two feet ; and towards the top they divide into two or three small branches garnished with oval leaves four inches long and three broad , having feveral pro- minent transverse ribs on ...
... several channelled herbaceous ftalks rifing about two feet ; and towards the top they divide into two or three small branches garnished with oval leaves four inches long and three broad , having feveral pro- minent transverse ribs on ...
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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