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 469
... distance from the fun , to 5,776,000,000 , the cube of the comet's mean distance . The cube root of this laft number is 1794 , the mean distance itself in fuch part3 as the mean distance of the earth from the fun contains 100. If the ...
... distance from the fun , to 5,776,000,000 , the cube of the comet's mean distance . The cube root of this laft number is 1794 , the mean distance itself in fuch part3 as the mean distance of the earth from the fun contains 100. If the ...
Page 502
... distance , in less than the duplicate proportion of the diflance ; and therefore the moon is lefs impelled to- wards the earth , and will not defcend fo low . Now , fuppofe , in the former of thefe figures , that the apo- geon A is in ...
... distance , in less than the duplicate proportion of the diflance ; and therefore the moon is lefs impelled to- wards the earth , and will not defcend fo low . Now , fuppofe , in the former of thefe figures , that the apo- geon A is in ...
Page 544
... Distance of As 100,000 is to 152,369 , fo is the earth's mean distance from the fun in miles to Mars's mean distance from the fun in miles . - Again , As 100,000 is to 520,096 , fo is the earth's mean distance from the fun in miles to ...
... Distance of As 100,000 is to 152,369 , fo is the earth's mean distance from the fun in miles to Mars's mean distance from the fun in miles . - Again , As 100,000 is to 520,096 , fo is the earth's mean distance from the fun in miles to ...
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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