Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles: And Made Easy to Those who Have Not Studied Mathematics : to which are Added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distances of All the Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's Observation of the Transit of Venus in the Year 1639 : And, of the Distances of All the Planets from the Sun, as Deduced from Observations of the Transit in the Year 1761 |
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... Periscii , those whose shadows turn quite round during the day , the sun not setting - and such , at certain times of the year , are the inhabitants of the frigid zones . Phases of a planet , the various appearances of the ( 20 )
... Periscii , those whose shadows turn quite round during the day , the sun not setting - and such , at certain times of the year , are the inhabitants of the frigid zones . Phases of a planet , the various appearances of the ( 20 )
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... turns round his axis in 25 days 6 hours , as is evident by the motion of spots seen on his sur- face . His diameter is computed to be 763,000 Fig . 1 . miles ; and by the various attractions of the circum- volving planets , he is ...
... turns round his axis in 25 days 6 hours , as is evident by the motion of spots seen on his sur- face . His diameter is computed to be 763,000 Fig . 1 . miles ; and by the various attractions of the circum- volving planets , he is ...
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... turning round his axis , and as there will be frequent occasion to speak of the like motion of the Earth and other planets , it is proper here to inform the young Tyro in astronomy , that neither the Sun nor planets have material axes to ...
... turning round his axis , and as there will be frequent occasion to speak of the like motion of the Earth and other planets , it is proper here to inform the young Tyro in astronomy , that neither the Sun nor planets have material axes to ...
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... turns . double of Mercury's greatest elongation . Her or- bit is included by the Earth's ; for if it were not , she ... turn for 290 days . It may perhaps be surprising at first view , that Venus should keep longer on the east or west ...
... turns . double of Mercury's greatest elongation . Her or- bit is included by the Earth's ; for if it were not , she ... turn for 290 days . It may perhaps be surprising at first view , that Venus should keep longer on the east or west ...
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... turn , so he is for a con- siderable part of that time near the zenith ; and du- ring the other half of the year always below the ho- rizon , and for a great part of that time at least 70 degrees from it . Whereas , at the poles of our ...
... turn , so he is for a con- siderable part of that time near the zenith ; and du- ring the other half of the year always below the ho- rizon , and for a great part of that time at least 70 degrees from it . Whereas , at the poles of our ...
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angle appears April Aries ascending node beginning of egress body circle clock conjunction degrees diameter diurnal diurnal motion Dominical letter Earth's axis Earth's centre eclipse equal equator equinoctial equinox fixed stars full Moon globe goes round half heavens horizon horizontal parallax inclined Julian period July June Jupiter latitude Leap-Year London longitude lunar lunation March mean Anomaly mean distance Mercury meridian miles minutes Moon's orbit motion noon north pole observed opposite parallel path penumbra planets plate polar circles revolution right line rising round the Earth round the Sun satellites Saturn seconds seen semidiameter Sept shewn side signs solar south pole subtract Sun and Moon Sun's centre Sun's disc Sun's mean Sun's parallax suppose tides tion total ingress transit transit of Venus tropic tropic of Cancer tropic of Capricorn true turns round Venus Venus's visible
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