An Introduction to the Use of the Globes, and the Orery: Also, the Application of Astronomy to Chronology ... Adapted to the Instruction and Entertainment of Such Persons as are Not Previously Versed in Mathematic Science. With an Appendix, Attempting to Explain the Account of the First and Fourth Days Work of Creation in the First Chapter of Genesis |
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... whose Instruction is here chiefly aimed at . However I would propose the follow- ing cheap and eafy Contrivances to those who are not furnished with that noble In- ftrument ; which may ferve tolerably well instead of it . To help the ...
... whose Instruction is here chiefly aimed at . However I would propose the follow- ing cheap and eafy Contrivances to those who are not furnished with that noble In- ftrument ; which may ferve tolerably well instead of it . To help the ...
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... whose Diameter is computed to be 763,000 Miles . It always remains im- movable in the vaft Expanfe , except that it is obferved to turn round its own Axis in about twenty - five Days and a half . Many dark Spots , of various irregular ...
... whose Diameter is computed to be 763,000 Miles . It always remains im- movable in the vaft Expanfe , except that it is obferved to turn round its own Axis in about twenty - five Days and a half . Many dark Spots , of various irregular ...
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... whose Base is a b , and whofe Vertex is O , is illuminated with his * Tho ' the Arch ADZ is in this Figure , an Arch of a Circle defcribed on the Center T , not on O , as it should be on Suppofition that HS and V Z contain the fame ...
... whose Base is a b , and whofe Vertex is O , is illuminated with his * Tho ' the Arch ADZ is in this Figure , an Arch of a Circle defcribed on the Center T , not on O , as it should be on Suppofition that HS and V Z contain the fame ...
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... whose Point , or Vertex , falls fhort of any of thofe Planets . Befides , it is found that the Moon is longer . in paffing thro ' the Earth's Shadow , when the is in her Perigee , or nearer the Earth , than when he is in her Apogee , or ...
... whose Point , or Vertex , falls fhort of any of thofe Planets . Befides , it is found that the Moon is longer . in paffing thro ' the Earth's Shadow , when the is in her Perigee , or nearer the Earth , than when he is in her Apogee , or ...
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... whose Influence , as counteracting the Moon , is then leaft ; therefore the Neap - Tides will then be ftrongeft . So that the Difference betwixt the Spring and the Neap - Tides is much less confiderable at the folfticial , than at the ...
... whose Influence , as counteracting the Moon , is then leaft ; therefore the Neap - Tides will then be ftrongeft . So that the Difference betwixt the Spring and the Neap - Tides is much less confiderable at the folfticial , than at the ...
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Afcenfion Aftronomers alfo alſo Altitude Angle appears Arch Aries Atmoſphere Axis becauſe Cafe called Caufe Cauſe Center Circle Comet confequently Conftellations Cycle Degrees Diameter diftant Diſtance diurnal Motion diurnal Rotation Divifion Dominical Letter Ecliptic Epact equal Equator Equinoctial Equinox expreffed fafter faid fame feems feen feven fhews fhould fince firft firſt fixed Stars folar fome fometimes ftands fubftracted fuch full Moon fuppofe Globe greateſt Heat Heavens Hemiſphere Horizon Hour inferior Conjunction juft Jupiter laft Latitude leffer lefs Light longeſt Day Longitude Lunar meaſured Meridian Miles Month Moon's moſt muft muſt nearer Node Noon Number obferved oblique occafioned Orbit paffing Parallax Planets Pofition Point of Aries Polar Circles Pole prefent PROB Quadrant refpect repreſent rifing round the Earth round the Sun Saturn Seaſons ſeen ſhe Sun's Place Surface Syftem Synodical Month theſe thofe thoſe thro Tropic uſed Venus vernal Equinox vifible Weft whofe Zenith Zodiac
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Page 161 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 151 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 103 - Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
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Page 30 - The hour being given at any place, to tell what hour it is in any other part of the world : Bring the given place to the meridian, and set the...
Page 30 - For the zenith : screw the quadrant of altitude on the meridian, at the given degree of latitude, counting from the equator towards the elevated pole, and the globe will be rectified for the zenith.
Page 31 - X.), and mark it on the brass meridian ; then bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour. Turn the globe till the index points to...
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Page 157 - Let there and there was light. 4 And God faw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darknefs. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darknefs he called Night: and the evening and the morning •were the firft day.
Page 130 - To find the Dominical Letter. Divide the cent'ries by four; and twice what does remain Take from six; and then add to the number you gain The odd years and their fourth ; which, dividing by seven, What is left take from seven, and the letter is given.