 | Robert Boyle - 1738 - 964 pages
...fhould there fee one of thofe curious gnomonic inftruments, that fhew, at once, the place of the fun in the zodiac, his declination from the equator, the day of the month, thelength of the day, &f. it would, indeed, beprefumption in him, whillt unacquainted both with mathematics,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
...to which it is most fit. * * * * He further illustrates this idea in the following manner : Suppose that a countryman, being in a clear day brought into...there one of those curious gnomonic instruments that shew at once the place of the sun in the zodiac, hU declination from the equator, the day of the month,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...to which it is most fit. * * * * He further illustrates this idea in the following manner : Suppose that a countryman, being in a clear day brought into...some famous mathematician, should see there. one of tho=e curious gnomonic instruments that shew at once the place of the sun m the zodiac, his declination... | |
 | Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1807 - 464 pages
...should there observe one of those curious gnpmpnic instruments, which shew at once the place of the sum in the zodiac, his declination from the equator, the day of the inont li, the length of the day, &c., it would confessedly be presumptuous m him, while both unacquainted... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 582 pages
...Boyle. The principal scope of his essay may be collected from the following short extract. ** Suppose that a countryman, being in a clear day brought "...there one of those curious gnomonic instruments, that shew at " once the place of the sun in the zodiac, his declination from " the equator, the day of the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 348 pages
...Boyle. The principal scope of his essay may be collected from the following short extract. " Suppose that a countryman, being in a clear day brought into...one " of those curious gnomonic instruments, that shew at once the place " of the sun in the zodiac, his declination from the equator, the day " of the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 pages
...Boyle. The principal scope of bis essay may be collected from the following short extract. • " Suppose that a countryman, being in a clear day brought into...mathematician, should see there one of those " curious ffnomonic instruments, that shew at once the place of the sun " in tlie zodiac, his declination from... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 416 pages
...Boyle. The principal scope of his essay may be collected from the following short extract : " Suppose that a countryman, being in a clear day brought into...mathematician, should see there one of those curious gnomatic instruments, that show at once the place of the sun in the zodiac, his declination from the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 pages
...Boyle. The principal scope of his essay may be collected from the following short extract : " Suppose that a countryman, being in a clear day brought into...mathematician, should see there one of those curious gnomatic instruments, that show at once the place of the sun in the zodiac, his declination from the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 442 pages
...Boyle. The principal scope of his essay may be collected from the following short extract : " Suppose that a countryman, being in a clear day brought into...mathematician, should see there one of those curious gnomatic instruments, that show at once the place of the sun in the zodiac, his declination from the... | |
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... at once the place of the sun in the zodiac, his declination from the equator, the day of the month, the length of the day, &c., &c. It would indeed be presumption in him, being unacquainted both with the... 
