 | John Dunton, Richard Sault, Samuel Wesley - 1728 - 604 pages
...according as theib Parallels are more or lefs remote from the Equator, the Angle comprehended by a Ray drawn from the Centre of the Sun to the Centre of the Earth, and by the Axis of the World, changes accordingly j for Infiance, the Sun being in the Equator, this... | |
 | Isaac Newton - 1729 - 546 pages
...with the radius CP, we fuppofe the fphere P ape to be defended, and QJR. to denote the plane on which a right line, drawn from the centre of the Sun to the centre of the Earth, injijls at right angles, and farther fuppofe, that the fever al particles of the whole exterior Earth... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - 1802 - 556 pages
...he further difcovered thefe two primary laws, from hence called Kepler 'i Laws: viz. that a radius drawn from the centre of the Sun to the centre of the planet, ahvays defcribes equal areas in equal times ; or, which is the lame thing, in unequal terms,... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - 1806 - 488 pages
...thefe two VOL. ii- a D primary primary laws, from hence called Kef lei's Laws : viz. that a radius drawn from the centre of the Sun to the centre of the planet, always defcribes equal areas in equal times ; or, which is the fame thing, in unequal terms,... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1811 - 388 pages
...uuifomi, yet it is regulated by a certain immutable law, from which it never deviates ; which is, that a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the •earth, being carried about with an angular motion, describes an elliptical area proportional to the time in... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1812 - 218 pages
...its motion is regulated by a certain immutable law, from which it never deviates ; which is, that a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth, being carried about with an angular motion, describes an elliptical area, proportional to the time... | |
 | George Adams - 1812 - 586 pages
...the dark side, and is the boundary between light and darkness, is generally called the terminator. A line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth, is perpendicular to the plane of this circle. ' It is plain that, when any given place on the globe... | |
 | George Adams - 1812 - 552 pages
...the dark side, and is the boundary between light and darkness, is generally called the terminator. A line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth, is perpendicular to the plane of this circle. It is plain that, when any given place on the globe first... | |
 | John Playfair - 1814 - 392 pages
...Temperate Zones, are those contained between the Torrid and Frigid Zones. 84. If a straight line be drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth, a great circle on the earth's surface, perpendicular to this line, will separate the enlightened hemisphere... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...which joins these two points, is called the line of the apsides. The radins vector is an imaginary line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the planet, in any part of its orhit. The velosity of a planet in its orhit is always greatest at its perihelion.... | |
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In this case, it is obvious that the plane of the circle of illumination would be perpendicular to a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth... 
