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 597
... Sometimes appear as dark spots in that cafe , 98. This supposed to be owing to fpots on their bodies , ib . Vary alfo in their light and apparent mag- nitude from the fame caufe , 99. Sometimes feem lefs than their fhadows , ib . Ap ...
... Sometimes appear as dark spots in that cafe , 98. This supposed to be owing to fpots on their bodies , ib . Vary alfo in their light and apparent mag- nitude from the fame caufe , 99. Sometimes feem lefs than their fhadows , ib . Ap ...
Page 598
... Sometimes appears as a dark fpot on the face of the fun , 63. Has the phasis of the moon , 64. Thought to be in danger from the comet of 1744 , n ° 117. The heat about the polar regions of this planet poffibly may not be greater than ...
... Sometimes appears as a dark fpot on the face of the fun , 63. Has the phasis of the moon , 64. Thought to be in danger from the comet of 1744 , n ° 117. The heat about the polar regions of this planet poffibly may not be greater than ...
Page 627
... Sometimes it is fingle and undivided to the bottom ; but more fre- quently it is divided into two or more parts . When only parted into two , it is pretended that it refembles the body and thighs of a man . From this root there arife a ...
... Sometimes it is fingle and undivided to the bottom ; but more fre- quently it is divided into two or more parts . When only parted into two , it is pretended that it refembles the body and thighs of a man . From this root there arife 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