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 424
... manner , that the latter laboured to perfuade him of the falfehood of the principle on which his fcheme was founded . In 1663 , however , James Gre- gory of Aberdeen showed how fuch a telescope might be conftructed . He fhowed alfo ...
... manner , that the latter laboured to perfuade him of the falfehood of the principle on which his fcheme was founded . In 1663 , however , James Gre- gory of Aberdeen showed how fuch a telescope might be conftructed . He fhowed alfo ...
Page 464
... manner the planets do . Their distance may be known from their paral- lax , in the manner related in a fubfequent fection . Distances , In this manner he found the distance of the comet diameters , of 1577 to be about 210 femidiameters ...
... manner the planets do . Their distance may be known from their paral- lax , in the manner related in a fubfequent fection . Distances , In this manner he found the distance of the comet diameters , of 1577 to be about 210 femidiameters ...
Page 525
... manner as if the fun did not attract them at all : like bodies in the cabin of a fhip , which may move round or impel one another in the fame manner when the ship is under fail as when it is at reft ; be- cause they are all equally ...
... manner as if the fun did not attract them at all : like bodies in the cabin of a fhip , which may move round or impel one another in the fame manner when the ship is under fail as when it is at reft ; be- cause they are all equally ...
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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