The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery: To which is Prefixed, by Way of Introduction, a Brief Account of the Solar System |
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... Observations made at a greater distance of time from one another , including feve- ral Periods ; by which means the Error that might be in the whole , is in each Period fubdivided into fuch little parts , as to be very inconfiderable ...
... Observations made at a greater distance of time from one another , including feve- ral Periods ; by which means the Error that might be in the whole , is in each Period fubdivided into fuch little parts , as to be very inconfiderable ...
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... observed on the Surfaces of the Sun , Venus , Mars ; and Jupiter ; by which means it has been found , that these Bodies turn round their own Axes in the times before - mention'd . It is very probable that Mercury and Saturn have ...
... observed on the Surfaces of the Sun , Venus , Mars ; and Jupiter ; by which means it has been found , that these Bodies turn round their own Axes in the times before - mention'd . It is very probable that Mercury and Saturn have ...
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... observed to be very different ; fome of them fend . forth fmall Beams like Hair every way round them ; others are feen with a long fiery Tail , which is always oppofite to the Sun. Their Magnitudes are alfo very different , but in what ...
... observed to be very different ; fome of them fend . forth fmall Beams like Hair every way round them ; others are feen with a long fiery Tail , which is always oppofite to the Sun. Their Magnitudes are alfo very different , but in what ...
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... observe a Body as big , and every way like , as the Sun appears to us ; and our Sun The fixed would appear to him no bigger than a fixed Star and undoubtedly he would reckon the Sun as one of them in numbring the Stars . Wherefore fince ...
... observe a Body as big , and every way like , as the Sun appears to us ; and our Sun The fixed would appear to him no bigger than a fixed Star and undoubtedly he would reckon the Sun as one of them in numbring the Stars . Wherefore fince ...
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... Observation , and the Poles of it are , one Zenith . exactly over our Heads , called the Zenith ; and the other exactly under our Feet , called Nadir . the Nadir . Circles . 13. All Circles conceived to pass thro ' Vertical . the Zenith ...
... Observation , and the Poles of it are , one Zenith . exactly over our Heads , called the Zenith ; and the other exactly under our Feet , called Nadir . the Nadir . Circles . 13. All Circles conceived to pass thro ' Vertical . the Zenith ...
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12 at Noon according Aftronomers alfo alſo Angle appears Arctick Circle Azimuth becauſe betwixt called Center Conftellations Courſe Darkneſs Days and Nights Declination defcribed Diſtance Diurnal Arches Diurnal Motion Eaft Eaſtern Eclipfe Ecliptick Equator Equinoctial faid fame manner feem feen felf fhall fhew find the Hour firft firſt fixed Stars fome fometimes ftand fuppofe given Place Heavens Hemiſphere Horizon Inferior Planets interfect Jupiter Latitude Length longeſt Day Longitude Mars Meaſure Mercury Meridian Month being given Moon move muſt Nodes North Pole Number obferve oppofite Orrery paſs Pofition Polar Circles PROB Quadrant of Altitude reaſon reckon rectified the Globe refpect repreſented ridian Rifing and Setting rizon round its Axis round the Earth round the Sun Saturn ſeen ſet ſhe ſmall Solftitial South Pole Sun-rifing Sun's Place Synodical Month thefe theſe thofe Places thoſe who live Tropick tude turn the Globe turns round Venus vifible Weft Weſtern Zenith
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Page 32 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 29 - A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter, which remains fixed.
Page 87 - Bring the given place to the brazen meridian, and fet the index to the given hour ; then turn the globe, until the place where the hour is required, comes to the meridian ; and the index will point to the hour at that place. PROBLEM VII. Tojind the Suit's Place in the Ecliptic, and his Declination, for any given Day in the Year.
Page 21 - ... to suppose that all the fixed stars are placed at the same distance from us ; but it is more probable that they are everywhere interspersed through the vast indefinite space of the universe, and that there may be as great a distance between any two of them as there is between our sun and the nearest fixed star. Hence it follows why they appear to us of different magnitudes, not because they are at different distances from us, those that are nearest excelling in brightness and lustre, those that...
Page 67 - ... the days of the one are equal to the nights of the other, and vice versa, when the days of the one are at the longest, they are shortest at the other.
Page 32 - ... brought into England from the Netherlands in the year 1524. There are many kinds, hut the two best sorts are the white and grey kind : the latter is a large square hop, more hardy, and is the more plentiful bearer, and ripens later than the other. HORARY circle, of a globe, is fixed upon the brazen meridian, divided into 24 hours, having an index moveable round the axis of the globe, which upon turning the globe 15 degrees, will shew what places have the sun an hour before or after us : and will...
Page 132 - Bring the place at which the hour is given to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour ; then turn the globe till the other place...
Page 144 - Hinges fupport the whole Machine, when it is lifted up, according to any Latitude; and the Arch, at other Times, lies conveniently under the BottomFrame. When the Machine is fet to any Latitude, (which is eafily done by two Men, each taking hold of two Handles, conveniently fixed for...
Page 74 - ... the ring or circle in which the artificial globe is suspended by means of the axis ; it is divided into four quadrants, of 90 degrees each. Two of these are' numbered from the equator towards the poles, for the purpose of showing the latitudes of places, or the declinations of the celestial bodies : the other two quadrants are numbered from the poles towards the equator, and are used for elevating the poles of the globe. 106. The CIRCLES on the globe are of two kinds, great and less. GREAT CIRCLES...
Page 81 - ... the latitude. Having elevated the globe according to its latitude, count the degrees thereof upon the meridian from the equator towards the elevated pole, and that point will be the zenith, or the vertex of the place ; to this point of the meridian, fasten the quadrant of altitude, so that the graduated edge thereof may be joined to the said point. Having brought the sun's place in the ecliptic to the meridian, set the hour index to XII' at noon, and the globe will be rectified to the sun's place.