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 477
... mentioned , would be produced by the numberlefs ftars beyond them , which , in one refpect , the vifual ray might also be faid to reach . To make this appear , we must re- turn to the naked eye ; which , as we have before efti- mated ...
... mentioned , would be produced by the numberlefs ftars beyond them , which , in one refpect , the vifual ray might also be faid to reach . To make this appear , we must re- turn to the naked eye ; which , as we have before efti- mated ...
Page 496
... mentioned places than in the other . Motions of For the action of the fun on the moon is oblique to the Secon- the line SA the whole time of the moon's paffage from dary Pla- Q to T , and will carry her out of the line TV to wards the ...
... mentioned places than in the other . Motions of For the action of the fun on the moon is oblique to the Secon- the line SA the whole time of the moon's paffage from dary Pla- Q to T , and will carry her out of the line TV to wards the ...
Page 616
... mentioned : for all these are undoubtedly carried along with the atmosphere ; otherwife that of 1783 , which was feen for about a minute , must have been left 1000 miles to the weftward , by the earth flying out below it in its annual ...
... mentioned : for all these are undoubtedly carried along with the atmosphere ; otherwife that of 1783 , which was feen for about a minute , must have been left 1000 miles to the weftward , by the earth flying out below it in its annual ...
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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