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 446
... length of it is feen . It is obvious to remark , that the nearer the eye is to the tail , the great- er will be the apparent length thereof . 115 Difference between velius and " The tails of comets often appear bent , as in fig . 84 and ...
... length of it is feen . It is obvious to remark , that the nearer the eye is to the tail , the great- er will be the apparent length thereof . 115 Difference between velius and " The tails of comets often appear bent , as in fig . 84 and ...
Page 476
... length of my founding line , if I may fo call it , that may appear whether it was fufficiently long for the 222 Length of Herfchel meafures it purpose . " In the moft crowded parts of the milky - way , I the line by have had fields of ...
... length of my founding line , if I may fo call it , that may appear whether it was fufficiently long for the 222 Length of Herfchel meafures it purpose . " In the moft crowded parts of the milky - way , I the line by have had fields of ...
Page 479
... length " Now , what great length of time must be required of time re- to produce thefe effects ( the formation of nebule ) may quifite to form the easily be conceived , when , in all probability , our whole fyftem , of about 800 ftars ...
... length " Now , what great length of time must be required of time re- to produce thefe effects ( the formation of nebule ) may quifite to form the easily be conceived , when , in all probability , our whole fyftem , of about 800 ftars ...
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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