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 434
... small as a thread , the thin edge being then all that other parts , the middle of the disk appears brighter than the outskirts ; because the light is darted more The motion of the spots is in the order of the signs directly towards us ...
... small as a thread , the thin edge being then all that other parts , the middle of the disk appears brighter than the outskirts ; because the light is darted more The motion of the spots is in the order of the signs directly towards us ...
Page 442
... small ftar is not quite fo bright in pro- portion to the large one as it was laft night , being a good deal nearer to Mars , which is now on the fide of the small ftar ; but when the planet was drawn afide , or out of view , it appeared ...
... small ftar is not quite fo bright in pro- portion to the large one as it was laft night , being a good deal nearer to Mars , which is now on the fide of the small ftar ; but when the planet was drawn afide , or out of view , it appeared ...
Page 758
... small hook introduced into the hole of the inferior arm ; then put the fup- port in the middle of the fmall cafe , and pafs the other extremity of the filk ftring below , through a hole bo- red in the middle of the lower part of the ...
... small hook introduced into the hole of the inferior arm ; then put the fup- port in the middle of the fmall cafe , and pafs the other extremity of the filk ftring below , through a hole bo- red in the middle of the lower part 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