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 450
... given by obfervation , that angle is given , which by the figure is equal to F DE or GDH ; which angle is therefore given , and is the angle of inclination of the plane of the umbra to the fun's spherical furface . In the small triangle ...
... given by obfervation , that angle is given , which by the figure is equal to F DE or GDH ; which angle is therefore given , and is the angle of inclination of the plane of the umbra to the fun's spherical furface . In the small triangle ...
Page 561
... given month after March , write out as many lunations with their anomalies , and the fun's diftance from the node from Table III . as the given month is after March , fetting them in order below the numbers taken out for March . IV ...
... given month after March , write out as many lunations with their anomalies , and the fun's diftance from the node from Table III . as the given month is after March , fetting them in order below the numbers taken out for March . IV ...
Page 565
... given year and month after the 18th century . fes , & c . PRECEPT I. Find a year of the fame number in the 18th century with that of the year proposed , and take out the mean time and anomalies , & c . of new moon in March , old ftyle ...
... given year and month after the 18th century . fes , & c . PRECEPT I. Find a year of the fame number in the 18th century with that of the year proposed , and take out the mean time and anomalies , & c . of new moon in March , old ftyle ...
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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