The Scientific Library; Or, Repository of Useful and Polite Literature: Comprising Astronomy, Geography, Mythology, Ancient History, Modern History, and Chronology ...S. Wood & Sons, 1818 |
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... them . 101 CHAP . XII . - Of the general Principles of a Celestial Globe , with Problems , & c . A Vocabulary of Astronomical Terms , · 106 - 128 COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF ASTRONOMY . CHAPTER I. Origin of Astronomy CONTENTS .
... them . 101 CHAP . XII . - Of the general Principles of a Celestial Globe , with Problems , & c . A Vocabulary of Astronomical Terms , · 106 - 128 COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF ASTRONOMY . CHAPTER I. Origin of Astronomy CONTENTS .
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... celebrated character discovered the sols- tices and equinoxes ; divided the globe into five zones ; and also divided the year into three hundred and sixty - five days . After the death of Thales , Pythagoras started the idea ASTRONOMY .
... celebrated character discovered the sols- tices and equinoxes ; divided the globe into five zones ; and also divided the year into three hundred and sixty - five days . After the death of Thales , Pythagoras started the idea ASTRONOMY .
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... globe when in opposition to the sun , than when in conjunction with him ; and at those times he consequently appears larger and more lumi- nous than at others . The zones or belts of Jupiter are not always perceptible , but afford ample ...
... globe when in opposition to the sun , than when in conjunction with him ; and at those times he consequently appears larger and more lumi- nous than at others . The zones or belts of Jupiter are not always perceptible , but afford ample ...
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... globe with a red line , as emblematic of the fervid heat communicated to us by that body . The sun , indeed , seems to have a circular mo- tion in the heavens every day , which may be noticed by the most careless spectator ; but this is ...
... globe with a red line , as emblematic of the fervid heat communicated to us by that body . The sun , indeed , seems to have a circular mo- tion in the heavens every day , which may be noticed by the most careless spectator ; but this is ...
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... globe , together with its motions annual and diurnal , are now explained in so clear and perspicuous a manner , that a competent knowledge of them , may be attained with the utmost facility by every attentive reader . The figure of the ...
... globe , together with its motions annual and diurnal , are now explained in so clear and perspicuous a manner , that a competent knowledge of them , may be attained with the utmost facility by every attentive reader . The figure of the ...
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aberration of light altitude annual revolution apparent motion appear Aries ascer ascertain astronomers called cause celestial centre circle comets computed consequently course darkness days and nights degree 15 degree 30 diameter discovered distance diurnal motion diurnal rotation divide Dominical letter earth earth's shadow east eastern side epact equa equal equator equinoctial equinox exactly extends from degree fixed stars full moon golden number gree half happen heavenly bodies heavens horizon isphere Julius Cæsar latitude less Libra light longitude luminary lunar lunar eclipses magni millions of miles minutes month moon's orbit nodes noon north or south north pole northern occasioned opposite parallel passes between degree phere planets Principal star quadrant Rectify the globe refraction satellites seasons second magnitude shadow falls situated solar eclipse south pole southern hemis southern hemisphere southern side sun and moon sun-dial sun's place supposed tides time-piece tion tude turn twelve western young readers
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Página 13 - Amid the radiant orbs, That more than deck, that animate the sky, The life-infusing suns of other worlds ; Lo ! from the dread immensity of space Returning, with accelerated course, The rushing comet to the Sun descends ; And as he sinks below the shading earth, With awful train projected o'er the Heavens, The guilty nations tremble.
Página 100 - For I perceived that, if Light was propagated in Time, the apparent Place of a fixed Object would not be the same when ' the Eye is at Rest, as when it is moving in any other Direction, than that of the Line passing through the Eye and the Object ; and that, when the Eye is moving in different Directions, the apparent Place of the Object would be different.
Página 99 - March, 1726, the star was found to be 20" more southwardly than at the time of the first observation. It now, indeed, seemed to have arrived at its utmost limit southward, because, in several trials made about this time, no sensible difference was observed in its situation. By the middle of April it appeared to be returning back again towards the north ; and about the beginning of June it passed at the same distance from the zenith as it had done in December when it was first observed. From the quick...
Página 100 - For I perceived that, if light was propagated in time, the apparent place of a fixed object would not be the same when the eye is at rest, as when it is moving in any other direction than that of the line passing through the eye and...
Página 79 - Eclipses of the sun are more frequent than those of the moon, because his ecliptic limits are greater ; and yet we have more visible eclipses of the moon than of the sun, which is owing to their being seen from all parts of the earth where the moon is above the horizon when the eclipse happens ; whilst those of the sun can only be observed on that small portion of the hemisphere, on which the moon's shadow falls. The greatest number of eclipses, of both luminaries, which can happen in a year, is...
Página 99 - I then endeavoured to find out the cause of them. I was already convinced that the apparent motion of the stars was not owing to a nutation of the earth's axis. The next thing that offered itself was an alteration in the direction of the plumb-line, with which the instrument was constantly rectified; but this upon trial proved insufficient. Then I considered what refraction might do; but here also nothing satisfactory occurred.
Página 26 - ... if the earth's axis were perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, and the excessive variation which would result if the axis were nearly parallel to that plane.