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 491
... proportion of the distance from duplicate the fun . This proportion may be explained in the explained . following manner : Suppofe feveral distances to bear to each other the proportions of the numbers 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ; that is , let ...
... proportion of the distance from duplicate the fun . This proportion may be explained in the explained . following manner : Suppofe feveral distances to bear to each other the proportions of the numbers 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ; that is , let ...
Page 501
... proportion , namely , that if Motion in three magnitudes , as A , B , and C , are fo related that antecedence the fecond B bears the fame proportion to the third C as the first A bears to the fecond B ; then the propor- tion of the ...
... proportion , namely , that if Motion in three magnitudes , as A , B , and C , are fo related that antecedence the fecond B bears the fame proportion to the third C as the first A bears to the fecond B ; then the propor- tion of the ...
Page 502
... proportion of the di- ftance ; and confequently the moon being drawn more forcibly toward the earth , it will defcend nearer to it . On the other hand , when the apogeon recedes , the power acting on the moon increafes with the decreafe ...
... proportion of the di- ftance ; and confequently the moon being drawn more forcibly toward the earth , it will defcend nearer to it . On the other hand , when the apogeon recedes , the power acting on the moon increafes with the decreafe ...
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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