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 480
... motion : which con- fideration , with the length of time neceffary to show any change of place in bodies at fuch extreme diftance , with the latenefs of any obfervations on this head , " would lead us ( fays Mr Herfchel ) to fuppofe ...
... motion : which con- fideration , with the length of time neceffary to show any change of place in bodies at fuch extreme diftance , with the latenefs of any obfervations on this head , " would lead us ( fays Mr Herfchel ) to fuppofe ...
Page 482
... motions which this hypothefis will not account for ; and thefe exceptions must be refolved into the real pro- per motion of the ftars . ' 240 Of the vele- fars . Some circumstances in the quantity of these motions city of the alfo ...
... motions which this hypothefis will not account for ; and thefe exceptions must be refolved into the real pro- per motion of the ftars . ' 240 Of the vele- fars . Some circumstances in the quantity of these motions city of the alfo ...
Page 483
... motion one way , and are as to fenfe at reft in the other direction ; but thefe fingularities will not be near fo remarkable when we have the motion of the fun to compound with their own proper motions . 243 To deli- neate the apparent ...
... motion one way , and are as to fenfe at reft in the other direction ; but thefe fingularities will not be near fo remarkable when we have the motion of the fun to compound with their own proper motions . 243 To deli- neate the apparent ...
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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