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 486
... force is to draw a body towards the centre of that force , if fuch a force act upon a refting body , it muft necef- farily put that body fo into motion as to cause it move towards the centre of the force : if the body were of itfelf ...
... force is to draw a body towards the centre of that force , if fuch a force act upon a refting body , it muft necef- farily put that body fo into motion as to cause it move towards the centre of the force : if the body were of itfelf ...
Page 526
... force MG may be refolved into MF and MH ; of which MF , by reafon of its paral- lelifm and equality to ES , will not disturb the relative motions or fituations of the moon and earth : MH then is the disturbing force . Draw the tangent ...
... force MG may be refolved into MF and MH ; of which MF , by reafon of its paral- lelifm and equality to ES , will not disturb the relative motions or fituations of the moon and earth : MH then is the disturbing force . Draw the tangent ...
Page 527
... force MK muft decline to the northward or the force MK is directed : the force MK then com Particular Explication fouthward of the tangent , and , compounding itfelf pounding with the moon's motion , caufes it to be di- Explication with ...
... force MK muft decline to the northward or the force MK is directed : the force MK then com Particular Explication fouthward of the tangent , and , compounding itfelf pounding with the moon's motion , caufes it to be di- Explication with ...
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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