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 GenesisJ. Nourse, J. Buckland and E. and C. Dilly, 1766 - 172 pàgines |
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Pàgina 24
... Cause they ascribe fome other bright Spots in the Heavens , as particularly the Prafepe , or Affes and Man- ger , in the Conftellation Cancer . As for the Connection betwixt the feve- ral Parcels of Stars , which form the Con ...
... Cause they ascribe fome other bright Spots in the Heavens , as particularly the Prafepe , or Affes and Man- ger , in the Conftellation Cancer . As for the Connection betwixt the feve- ral Parcels of Stars , which form the Con ...
Pàgina 57
... cause of greater Heat in Summer than in Winter is , partly , the Sun's being longer above the Horizon ; and chiefly , his being higher above the Horizon ; confequent- ly his Rays come to the Earth in a Direction more perpendicular to ...
... cause of greater Heat in Summer than in Winter is , partly , the Sun's being longer above the Horizon ; and chiefly , his being higher above the Horizon ; confequent- ly his Rays come to the Earth in a Direction more perpendicular to ...
Pàgina 63
... Summer Solftice . Hence the Siderial Year exceeds the Tropical Year by 20 Minutes . The phyfical Cause of this Preceffion of the Equinoxes was unknown to all Aftro- nomers , before 4 the Ch . 3. The Preceffion of the Equinoxes . 63.
... Summer Solftice . Hence the Siderial Year exceeds the Tropical Year by 20 Minutes . The phyfical Cause of this Preceffion of the Equinoxes was unknown to all Aftro- nomers , before 4 the Ch . 3. The Preceffion of the Equinoxes . 63.
Pàgina 75
... cause the Eclipfes , are of a conical Figure , ter- minating in a Point at a Distance from their Bodies ; which is proved thus : If the Shadow of the Earth were a Cy- linder , or every where of the fame width , ( which must be the Cafe ...
... cause the Eclipfes , are of a conical Figure , ter- minating in a Point at a Distance from their Bodies ; which is proved thus : If the Shadow of the Earth were a Cy- linder , or every where of the fame width , ( which must be the Cafe ...
Pàgina 85
... cause they are lower than the Earth , in the folar System , and nearer to the Sun ; Mars , Jupiter , and Saturn , are called the Superior Planets , because they are higher than the Earth , and more remote from the Sun. MERCURY revolves ...
... cause they are lower than the Earth , in the folar System , and nearer to the Sun ; Mars , Jupiter , and Saturn , are called the Superior Planets , because they are higher than the Earth , and more remote from the Sun. MERCURY revolves ...
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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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 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,
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 35 - Put the centre of the quadrant of altitude on the pole of the ecliptic, and its graduated edge on the star ; then the arch of the quadrant, intercepted...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 152 - Heaven and the earth ; and the earth was without form, and void, and darknefs was upon the face of the deep ; and the fpirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.