A Complete System of Astronomy: By the Rev. S. Vince ...G. Woodfall, and spld by W. H. Lunn, Soho Square ; J. Deighton, and J. Nicholson, Cambridge, 1823 |
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2MEC altitude angle Annual Preces apogee apsides Aquarii Arietis ascending node Ascension Annual Variat Astronomy attraction axis body Cancri Capricorni centrifugal force Ceti circle correction cosine Declination Degrees density described diameter disturbing force earth ecliptic ellipse equal equation equinoxes excentricity fixed stars fluent fluxion Geminorum gravity hence HIPPARCHUS inclination inversely Jupiter latitude Leonis Libræ longitude Magnitude MAYER'S CATALOGUE ME² mean distance mean motion meridian moon moon's orbit nearly North polar Distance Numb nutation obliquity observations Ophiuchi orbit Orionis parallax perpendicular Piscium planets pole precession PRINCIPAL STARS projection PTOLEMY quadratures radius ratio refraction retrograde motion revolution revolve Right Ascension Annual Sagittarii Scorpii Second Difference sine sphere spheroid subtracted sun's supposed syzygies TABLE Tauri tides tion true true anomaly unity Ursæ velocity Venus Virginis whole x sin