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 428
... appear to us to move regu- larly in the heavens , but , on the contrary , in the most complex and confufed manner that can be imagined , fometimes going forward , fometimes backward , and fometimes feeming to be ftationary . They all ...
... appear to us to move regu- larly in the heavens , but , on the contrary , in the most complex and confufed manner that can be imagined , fometimes going forward , fometimes backward , and fometimes feeming to be ftationary . They all ...
Page 509
... appear at a great distance from him . The length they go is called their elongation . Thus , in fig . 140. let OPQRT ... appear direct , as has been already fhown ; but when viewed from the earth , the inferior planets appear direct ...
... appear at a great distance from him . The length they go is called their elongation . Thus , in fig . 140. let OPQRT ... appear direct , as has been already fhown ; but when viewed from the earth , the inferior planets appear direct ...
Page 535
... appear bigger than when he is full at other times : And if that part of the atmo . fphere where the rifes be more replete with vapours than ufual , fhe appears fo much the dimmer ; and therefore we fancy her to be ftill the bigger , by ...
... appear bigger than when he is full at other times : And if that part of the atmo . fphere where the rifes be more replete with vapours than ufual , fhe appears fo much the dimmer ; and therefore we fancy her to be ftill the bigger , by ...
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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