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 1761Matthew Carey, 1809 - 533 頁 |
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... latitude . Circles of celestial longitude , are those great circles of the sphere which cross the ecliptic at right angles . Circum - polar stars , are those which appear to perform daily circuits round the pole , without rising or ...
... latitude . Circles of celestial longitude , are those great circles of the sphere which cross the ecliptic at right angles . Circum - polar stars , are those which appear to perform daily circuits round the pole , without rising or ...
第 17 頁
... latitude and longitude , or right ascension and decli- nation ) as it appears from the earth . Globes ( artificial ) small spheres of paste - board , or the like , on one of which ( called the terrestrial globe ) are drawn the principal ...
... latitude and longitude , or right ascension and decli- nation ) as it appears from the earth . Globes ( artificial ) small spheres of paste - board , or the like , on one of which ( called the terrestrial globe ) are drawn the principal ...
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... Latitude of a place on the earth , its distance from the equa- tor , measured on the meridian of the place . Latitude of a celestial body , its distance from the ecliptic , measured on a circle of celestial longitude passing through the ...
... Latitude of a place on the earth , its distance from the equa- tor , measured on the meridian of the place . Latitude of a celestial body , its distance from the ecliptic , measured on a circle of celestial longitude passing through the ...
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... latitude . 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 )
... latitude . 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 )
第 23 頁
... latitude . A parallel sphere , is that in which the equator is parallel , or rather coincident , with the horizon ; and such is the case to an inhabitant at either pole . In this sphere , the sun will be six months successively visible ...
... latitude . A parallel sphere , is that in which the equator is parallel , or rather coincident , with the horizon ; and such is the case to an inhabitant at either pole . In this sphere , the sun will be six months successively visible ...
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angle apogee appears April Aries ascending node body circle Clock conjunction Constantinople degrees diameter Digits diurnal motion Dominical letter Earth's axis Earth's centre Earth's shadow equal equator equinoctial equinox fall fixed stars full Moon globe goes round half heavens horizon horizontal parallax inclined Julian period July June Jupiter latitude Leap-Year London longitude lunar March 28 mean Anomaly mean distance mean new Moon Mercury meridian miles minutes Moon's orbit motion noon north pole observed old style opposite parallax parallel penumbra perigee planets plate revolution right line rising round the Earth round the Sun satellites Saturn seconds seen semidiameter Sept shew shewn side signs solar subtract Sun and Moon Sun's centre Sun's disc Sun's mean tion total ingress transit transit of Venus tropic tropic of Cancer tropic of Capricorn true turns round Venus Venus's visible