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 pages |
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... alfo called the Poles of the World . Suppofe the Earth were cut in half at any greater Circle , it would produce a Plane , which is called the Plane of that Circle ; as the Plane of the Equator ; the Plane of the Meridian , & c . A Map ...
... alfo called the Poles of the World . Suppofe the Earth were cut in half at any greater Circle , it would produce a Plane , which is called the Plane of that Circle ; as the Plane of the Equator ; the Plane of the Meridian , & c . A Map ...
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... alfo diftinguished into Seas , Oceans , Lakes , Gulphs , Bays , Straits , Rivers , & c . The political Divifion of the Earth is made by Men , who have diftinguished it into into four Quarters ; and these again into Empires , 14 The ...
... alfo diftinguished into Seas , Oceans , Lakes , Gulphs , Bays , Straits , Rivers , & c . The political Divifion of the Earth is made by Men , who have diftinguished it into into four Quarters ; and these again into Empires , 14 The ...
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... is then vertical , which is never more than 23- Degrees . Therefore , alfo , Parallels of De- clination on the Celestial Globe , are the very C 2 very fame as Parallels of Latitude on the Terreftrial . Ch . 3 . 19 its Points and Circles .
... is then vertical , which is never more than 23- Degrees . Therefore , alfo , Parallels of De- clination on the Celestial Globe , are the very C 2 very fame as Parallels of Latitude on the Terreftrial . Ch . 3 . 19 its Points and Circles .
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... alfo fpeak of oblique Afcen- fion and Defcenfion ; by which they mean the Distance of that Point of the Equi- noctial from the first Point of Aries , which , in an oblique Sphere , rifes , or fets , at the fame time that the Sun , or ...
... alfo fpeak of oblique Afcen- fion and Defcenfion ; by which they mean the Distance of that Point of the Equi- noctial from the first Point of Aries , which , in an oblique Sphere , rifes , or fets , at the fame time that the Sun , or ...
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... alfo diftinguifhed the Stars , in refpect to their Situation in the Heavens , into feveral Conftellations , or Afterifms , called Stella Formata , to which they have given Names to fome the Names of Men ; to others the Names of Beafts ...
... alfo diftinguifhed the Stars , in refpect to their Situation in the Heavens , into feveral Conftellations , or Afterifms , called Stella Formata , to which they have given Names to fome the Names of Men ; to others the Names of Beafts ...
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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.
Page 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...
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 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.