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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... first cultivated the aftronomical fcience in this school , began to put it on a new footing ; being much more careful in their obfervations , and exact in noting down the times when they were made , than their predeceffors . Ptolemy ...
... first cultivated the aftronomical fcience in this school , began to put it on a new footing ; being much more careful in their obfervations , and exact in noting down the times when they were made , than their predeceffors . Ptolemy ...
Page 428
... first star of Aries 1 ° 40 ' , with 15 ° 57 ' fouth latitude . 46 Mr Monta- nere's a coun of sac- " Another new ftar was firft difcovered by William Janfonius in the year 1600 , in pectore , or rather in eductione , Colli Cygni , which ...
... first star of Aries 1 ° 40 ' , with 15 ° 57 ' fouth latitude . 46 Mr Monta- nere's a coun of sac- " Another new ftar was firft difcovered by William Janfonius in the year 1600 , in pectore , or rather in eductione , Colli Cygni , which ...
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... first moon or Explication fatellite has defcribed the curve a 1 , his fecond the curve b1 , his third c 1 , and his fourth d 1. The next day , when Jupiter is at C , his firft fatellite has de- scribed the curve a 2 , from its ...
... first moon or Explication fatellite has defcribed the curve a 1 , his fecond the curve b1 , his third c 1 , and his fourth d 1. The next day , when Jupiter is at C , his firft fatellite has de- scribed the curve a 2 , from its ...
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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