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 412
... miles Aftracan . above Zaritzen . The principal fish here caught are fturgeon and belluga . Thefe , being falted , are put on board of veffels , and fent away in the fpring , for the ufe of the whole empire , even as far as Peters- burg ...
... miles Aftracan . above Zaritzen . The principal fish here caught are fturgeon and belluga . Thefe , being falted , are put on board of veffels , and fent away in the fpring , for the ufe of the whole empire , even as far as Peters- burg ...
Page 455
... miles ; according to which , the mountain muft be fomewhat more than nine miles of perpendicular height : but aftronomers having now determined the moon's femidiameter to be only 1090 miles , the height of the mountain will be nearly 8 ...
... miles ; according to which , the mountain muft be fomewhat more than nine miles of perpendicular height : but aftronomers having now determined the moon's femidiameter to be only 1090 miles , the height of the mountain will be nearly 8 ...
Page 544
... miles to Mercury's mean diftance from 397 the fun in miles . - And , Distances of As 100,000 is to 72,333 , fo is the earth's mean di- the other ftance from the fun in miles to Venus's mean diftance planets , how from the fun in miles ...
... miles to Mercury's mean diftance from 397 the fun in miles . - And , Distances of As 100,000 is to 72,333 , fo is the earth's mean di- the other ftance from the fun in miles to Venus's mean diftance planets , how from the fun in miles ...
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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