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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... spots , one of these will appear The phenomena of the solar spots , as delivered by Account of to remain longer on the disk than it would otherwise Scheiner and Hevelius , may be summed up in the their phe . do if the earth remained at ...
... spots , one of these will appear The phenomena of the solar spots , as delivered by Account of to remain longer on the disk than it would otherwise Scheiner and Hevelius , may be summed up in the their phe . do if the earth remained at ...
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... spots is in the order of the figns ( the fame way that all motions in the folar fyftem , thofe of the comets alone excepted , are performed ) ; and therefore , as the earth revolves round the fun the fame way with the folar spots , one ...
... spots is in the order of the figns ( the fame way that all motions in the folar fyftem , thofe of the comets alone excepted , are performed ) ; and therefore , as the earth revolves round the fun the fame way with the folar spots , one ...
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... spot happens to ces of Cele- ftral Bodies . break out on that fide . In the fame volume , p . 337. Mr Wollafton obferves , that the appearances mentioned by Dr Wilfon are not conftant . He pofitively affirms , that the faculæ or bright ...
... spot happens to ces of Cele- ftral Bodies . break out on that fide . In the fame volume , p . 337. Mr Wollafton obferves , that the appearances mentioned by Dr Wilfon are not conftant . He pofitively affirms , that the faculæ or bright ...
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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