A Complete System of Astronomy, Volume 1G. Woodfall, 1814 |
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... earth are the axis and poles of its equa- That half of the earth which lies on the side of the equator which we in- habit is called the northern Hemisphere , and the other the southern ; and the poles are respectively called the north ...
... earth are the axis and poles of its equa- That half of the earth which lies on the side of the equator which we in- habit is called the northern Hemisphere , and the other the southern ; and the poles are respectively called the north ...
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... earth . Hence , if AxBy be the tropic or the polar circle in the heavens , LuMw will be the tropic or polar circle on the earth . These circles therefore retain the same relative situations , that is , the former is as far from the pole ...
... earth . Hence , if AxBy be the tropic or the polar circle in the heavens , LuMw will be the tropic or polar circle on the earth . These circles therefore retain the same relative situations , that is , the former is as far from the pole ...
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... earth from that point of the ecliptic where a perpendicular to it passes through the planet . 60. Aphelion is that ... earth's orbit which is furthest from the sun , or that point of the moon's orbit which is furthest from the earth . 63 ...
... earth from that point of the ecliptic where a perpendicular to it passes through the planet . 60. Aphelion is that ... earth's orbit which is furthest from the sun , or that point of the moon's orbit which is furthest from the earth . 63 ...
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... earth's surface conceives himself to be placed in the center of a concave sphere in which all the heavenly bodies ... earth to revolve about an axis , we will suppose this latter to be the case , the truth of which will after- wards ...
... earth's surface conceives himself to be placed in the center of a concave sphere in which all the heavenly bodies ... earth to revolve about an axis , we will suppose this latter to be the case , the truth of which will after- wards ...
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... earth about which it must revolve in order to give the apparent diurnal motion to the heavenly bodies , then P , p ' , are called its poles ; and if pp ' be produced both ways to P , P ' in the heavens , these points are called ( 18 ) ...
... earth about which it must revolve in order to give the apparent diurnal motion to the heavenly bodies , then P , p ' , are called its poles ; and if pp ' be produced both ways to P , P ' in the heavens , these points are called ( 18 ) ...
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Page 499 - Observer' at a salary of 100£ per annum, his duty being 'forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation.
Page 97 - That the planets all move in elliptic orbits, of which the sun occupies one of the foci. 3. That the squares of the times of the revolutions of the planets are as the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Page 291 - ... the squares of the periodic times are as the cubes of the distances from the common centre, the centripetal forces will be inversely as the squares of the distances.
Page 374 - But more lunar, than solar eclipses are seen at any given place, because a lunar eclipse is visible to a whole hemisphere at once ; whereas a solar eclipse is visible only to a part, and therefore there is a greater probability of seeing a lunar than a solar eclipse.
Page 43 - The Equation of Time is computed by taking the Difference of the Sun's true right Ascension and his mean Longitude corrected by the Equation of the Equinoxes in right Ascension, and turning it into Time at the Rate of 1
Page 335 - If the plane of the moon's orbit coincided with the plane of the ecliptic, there would be an eclipse at every...
Page 416 - Comets, being impell'd towards the Sun by a centripetal Force, would descend as from Spaces infinitely distant; and, by their so falling, acquire such a Velocity, as that they may again fly off into the remotest Parts of the Universe, moving upwards with a perpetual Tendency, so as never to return again to the Sun.
Page 206 - ... as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow in faint daylight. The adjacent parts of the volcanic mountain seemed faintly illuminated by the eruption. A similar eruption appeared on May 4, 1783.
Page 335 - An eclipse is a partial, or total privation of the light of the sun or moon. An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the earth and the sun, and consequently must happen when the inoon is in conjunction with the sun, or at the new moon.
Page 304 - At last I conjectured that all the phenomena, hitherto mentioned, proceeded from the progressive motion of light and the earth's annual motion in its orbit. For I perceived that, if light was propagated in time, the apparent place of a fixed object would not be the same when the eye is at rest, as when it is moving in any other direction than that of the line passing through the eye and object; and that when the eye is moving in different directions, the apparent place...