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 518
... side o just as much dark ; the days lengthen in the northern hemi phere as he depresses the side 28 , that the flame may be itill and shorten in the touthern ; and when the globe comes in the plane of the circle ; and twisting the ...
... side o just as much dark ; the days lengthen in the northern hemi phere as he depresses the side 28 , that the flame may be itill and shorten in the touthern ; and when the globe comes in the plane of the circle ; and twisting the ...
Page 522
... side at that particular Explication can find the latitude of ours . For the earth keeping time . When fill in the highest part of her orbit , a Explication of f Cebeftial Phe.constantly , or very nearly fo , over one meridian of the ...
... side at that particular Explication can find the latitude of ours . For the earth keeping time . When fill in the highest part of her orbit , a Explication of f Cebeftial Phe.constantly , or very nearly fo , over one meridian of the ...
Page 590
... side of the glass tube of the level slides a pointer lar time , for that day ; to which the equation of time to be set to the end of the air - bubble ; and when the being applied , will show the time of mean noon for polition of the ...
... side of the glass tube of the level slides a pointer lar time , for that day ; to which the equation of time to be set to the end of the air - bubble ; and when the being applied , will show the time of mean noon for polition of the ...
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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