Instructions Given in the Drawing School Established by the Dublin Society: Course of mathematicks. System of the physical world. System of the moral world. Plan of the military art. Plan of the marcantile arts. Plan of naval art. Plan of mechanic arts. The elements of EuclidA. M'Culloch, 1769 |
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... round , the Eclipfes of the Moon taught how to determine the Longitudes of Geography the different Countries of the World , or their mutual Distances from and Naviga tion , and Eaft to Weft . The Discovery of the Satellites of Jupiter ...
... round , the Eclipfes of the Moon taught how to determine the Longitudes of Geography the different Countries of the World , or their mutual Distances from and Naviga tion , and Eaft to Weft . The Discovery of the Satellites of Jupiter ...
Página xxv
... round which the Heaven- ly Bodies revolved . II . Discoveries The Babylonians from examining the Appearances of Sence were the of the Baby- first who discovered the Earth to be round , and the Sun to be the Cen- lonians , and ter of the ...
... round which the Heaven- ly Bodies revolved . II . Discoveries The Babylonians from examining the Appearances of Sence were the of the Baby- first who discovered the Earth to be round , and the Sun to be the Cen- lonians , and ter of the ...
Página xxvi
... round the Sun , to revolve with him round the Earth , in the Space of 24 Hours ; thus retaining the most exceptionable Part of Ptolomy's Syf- tem , viz . the inconceivable Rapidity with which the primum Mobile is fuppofed to revolve ...
... round the Sun , to revolve with him round the Earth , in the Space of 24 Hours ; thus retaining the most exceptionable Part of Ptolomy's Syf- tem , viz . the inconceivable Rapidity with which the primum Mobile is fuppofed to revolve ...
Página xxxi
... round the Sun , as their Center tial bodies and Secondary Planets , otherwife , called Satellites , which revolve round their of our plane tary fyftem refpective Primaries as Centers : There are fix Primary Planets whose into princi ...
... round the Sun , as their Center tial bodies and Secondary Planets , otherwife , called Satellites , which revolve round their of our plane tary fyftem refpective Primaries as Centers : There are fix Primary Planets whose into princi ...
Página xxxii
... round the World . ( a ) Orbit is the Curve which a Planet defcribes in revolving round the Body which ferves it as a Center . ( b ) Wolf's Elements of Aftronomy . V. All that we know therefore concerning the primary Planets SYSTEM OF THE.
... round the World . ( a ) Orbit is the Curve which a Planet defcribes in revolving round the Body which ferves it as a Center . ( b ) Wolf's Elements of Aftronomy . V. All that we know therefore concerning the primary Planets SYSTEM OF THE.
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ABCD alfo alſo arch bafe baſe becauſe Bodies Cafe caufe centrifugal Force circle Cofine Comet cone Confequently cylinder defcribed demonftrated Diameter diſcovered Diſtance draw the ftraight Earth ECAUSE Ecliptic equal Equator equiangular equimultiples fame altitude fame manner fame multiple fame plane fame ratio fecond fegment fhall fhewing fhould fide AC fimilar fince firft firſt folid fome Force fquare ftraight lines AC fuch fuppofed Gravity greateſt heliocentric Hypothefis impoffible interfect Jupiter lefs Likewife line A B magnitude Meaſure Moon moſt Motion Newton Nodes Number Obfervations oppofite Orbit pafs thro parallelepiped Perihelion plle Prep prifm proportional PROPOSITION pyramid Rays rectilineal figure Revolution Rgle right angles Saturn ſphere Syfigies Syftem Tangent thefe Thefis THEOREM theſe thofe thoſe Tides tion triangle true Anomaly Vafe Wherefore whofe
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Página 4 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another.
Página 164 - When of the equimultiples of four magnitudes (taken as in the fifth definition), the multiple of the first is greater than that of the second, but the multiple of the third is not greater than the multiple of the fourth; then the first is said to have to the second a greater ratio than the third magnitude has to the fourth : and, on the contrary, the third is said to have to the fourth a less ratio than the first has to the second. VIII. 'Analogy, or proportion, is the similitude of ratios.
Página 165 - When four magnitudes are continual proportionals, the first is said to have to the fourth the triplicate ratio of that which it has to the second, and so on, quadruplicate, &c., increasing the denomination still by unity, in any number of proportionals.
Página 8 - Let it be granted that a straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Página xxviii - This depends upon three suppositions: — first, that all celestial bodies whatsoever have an attraction or gravitating power towards their own centres, whereby they attract not only their own parts and keep them from flying from them, as we may observe the earth to do, but that they do also attract all the other celestial bodies that are within the sphere of their activity...
Página 164 - VII. When of the equimultiples of four magnitudes (taken as in the fifth definition), the multiple of the first is greater than that of the second, but the multiple of the third is not greater than the multiple of the fourth ; then the first is said to have to the second a greater ratio than the third magnitude has to the fourth : and, on the contrary, the third is...
Página 29 - Therefore if two straight lines, &c. QED COR. 1. From this it is manifest, that, if two straight lines cut one another, the angles they make at the point where they cut, are together equal to four right angles.
Página 29 - Cor. 2. And consequently that all the angles made by any number of lines meeting in one point, are together equal to four right angles.
Página xxviii - Saturn also, by their attractive powers, have a considerable influence upon its motion, as in the same manner the corresponding attractive power of the earth hath a considerable influence upon every one of their motions also.
Página xxviii - The third supposition is that these attractive powers are so much the more powerful in operating, by how much the nearer the body wrought upon is to their own centers. Now what these several degrees are I have not yet experimentally verified...