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 440
... pole as to fall a few de- grees within the enlightened part of the disk to be- come visible to us . The fouth pole of Mars could not be many degrees from the centre of the large bright fouthern fpot of the year 1781 ; though this ipot ...
... pole as to fall a few de- grees within the enlightened part of the disk to be- come visible to us . The fouth pole of Mars could not be many degrees from the centre of the large bright fouthern fpot of the year 1781 ; though this ipot ...
Page 518
... pole advances tofire the person who holds the wire to hold it obliquely wards the light , and the fouth pole recedes towards the in the position ABCD , raising the side o just as much dark ; the days lengthen in the northern hemi phere ...
... pole advances tofire the person who holds the wire to hold it obliquely wards the light , and the fouth pole recedes towards the in the position ABCD , raising the side o just as much dark ; the days lengthen in the northern hemi phere ...
Page 534
... pole in its turn , and as long below it ; rifing to one pole when he fets to the other . This would be exactly the cafe if there were no refraction : but by the atmosphere's refracting the fun's rays , he becomes vifible fome days ...
... pole in its turn , and as long below it ; rifing to one pole when he fets to the other . This would be exactly the cafe if there were no refraction : but by the atmosphere's refracting the fun's rays , he becomes vifible fome days ...
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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