Encyclop¿dia 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 487
... turn the body into the line BC ; then let the body move on undisturbed from B to C : but at C let it re- ceive another impulse pointed alfo towards G , and of fufficient ftrength to turn the body into the line CD ; at D let a third impulfe ...
... turn the body into the line BC ; then let the body move on undisturbed from B to C : but at C let it re- ceive another impulse pointed alfo towards G , and of fufficient ftrength to turn the body into the line CD ; at D let a third impulfe ...
Page 517
... turn round with very different velocities on the fame axis , whofe poles are about 23 degrees from ours . Were we on Jupi- ter , we should be at first amazed at the rapid motion of the heavens ; the fun and stars going round in 9 hours ...
... turn round with very different velocities on the fame axis , whofe poles are about 23 degrees from ours . Were we on Jupi- ter , we should be at first amazed at the rapid motion of the heavens ; the fun and stars going round in 9 hours ...
Page 538
... turns eastward round its axis , a circle . Hence , in 365 days , the earth turns 366 Time , & c . whatever ftar passes over the meridian on any day with times round its axis ; and therefore , as a turn of the the fun , will pafs over ...
... turns eastward round its axis , a circle . Hence , in 365 days , the earth turns 366 Time , & c . whatever ftar passes over the meridian on any day with times round its axis ; and therefore , as a turn of the the fun , will pafs over ...
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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