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 445
... reason of their being inclined at fuch large angles , they cannot pass either across their primary or behind it with refpect to the earth , except when very near their nodes ; fo that eclipfes of them happen much more feldom than of the ...
... reason of their being inclined at fuch large angles , they cannot pass either across their primary or behind it with refpect to the earth , except when very near their nodes ; fo that eclipfes of them happen much more feldom than of the ...
Page 480
... reason to suppose most of those very stars which have been obferved to move , to be fuch as are neareft to us ; and therefore their influence on our fituation would alone prove a powerful argument in favour of the proper motion of the ...
... reason to suppose most of those very stars which have been obferved to move , to be fuch as are neareft to us ; and therefore their influence on our fituation would alone prove a powerful argument in favour of the proper motion of the ...
Page 507
... reason , a belt or hoop taken in the concave fphere of the heavens about 10 degrees on each fide of the ecliptic , is called the zo- diac , from a Greek word which fignifies an animal ; and the constellations through which the ecliptic ...
... reason , a belt or hoop taken in the concave fphere of the heavens about 10 degrees on each fide of the ecliptic , is called the zo- diac , from a Greek word which fignifies an animal ; and the constellations through which the ecliptic ...
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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