Encyclop¿dia 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 426
... happened in 1762 , he made obfervations for fettling the places of all the stars in the British catalogue , together with near 1500 pla- ces of the moon , much the greater part of which he compared with the tables of Mr Mayer . In the ...
... happened in 1762 , he made obfervations for fettling the places of all the stars in the British catalogue , together with near 1500 pla- ces of the moon , much the greater part of which he compared with the tables of Mr Mayer . In the ...
Page 554
... happened on a summer's day , in the af . Seld : m Another conclufion from this revolution may be ternoon , in the first year of the Peloponnesian war , so more than drawn , that there will seldom be any more than two great , that the ...
... happened on a summer's day , in the af . Seld : m Another conclufion from this revolution may be ternoon , in the first year of the Peloponnesian war , so more than drawn , that there will seldom be any more than two great , that the ...
Page 554
... happened about the creation are little more than half way yet of their etherial circuit ; and will be 4000 years before they en- ter the earth any more . This grand revolution feems to have been entirely unknown to the ancients . It is ...
... happened about the creation are little more than half way yet of their etherial circuit ; and will be 4000 years before they en- ter the earth any more . This grand revolution feems to have been entirely unknown to the ancients . It is ...
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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