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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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OF the Solar System, as seen from the Sun
Of the Celestial Signs and Constellations
Of the Planets, as seen from the Sun...
Of the Paths of the Planets
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Of the Motion of the Planets round their Axis..
Of the Phenomena of the Heavens, as seen from the Earth..
Of the apparent Motion of the Sun
Of the new Planets, Ceres and Pallas, &c.
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Of the annual Motion of the Earth
Of the apparent Motion of the Sun, arising from the Earth's
annual Motion round it..
Of the Phenomena occasioned by the annual and diurnal
Motions of the Earth
An Explanation of the Phenomena which arise from the
Motion of the Earth, and of the inferior Planets, Mercury
and Venus
Of the inferior Planets...
Of the retrograde, direct, and stationary Motion of Venus
and Mercury..
Of the Phases of Venus
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Of the elongation of the superior Planets
112
Of the direct, stationary, and retrograde Motion of the su-
Herschel, on the Construction of the Universe, &c.
155
2. To find the difference of Longitude between any two
Places
209
PROB.
3. To find all those Places where it is moon at any given
Hour of the Day, in any given Place
4. When it is Noon at any Place, to find what Hour it is at
any other Place...
5. At any given Hour where you are, to find the Hour at a Place proposed....
Of Latitude
6. To find the Latitude of any Place ...
210
211
212
7. To find all those Places which have the same Latitude with
any given place. ...
215
8. To find the difference of Latitude between any two Places
9. The Latitude and Longitude being known, to find the
10. To find the Distance of one place from another ....
225
11. To find the Angle of Position of Places....
20. To find the Climates, of the Zones....
243
21. To illustrate the Distinction of Ascii, &c.
22. To find the Antoci, &c.
250
23. To find those Places over which the Sun is vertical.... 251
21. To find the Sun's Place .....
25. To find the Sun's Declination
252
254
26. To find the two Days on which the Sun is in the Zenith
of any given Place, &c.
255
27. To find where the Sun is vertical on a given day and
Hour.....
28. At a given Time of the Day in one Place, to find at the same Instant those Places where the Sun is rising, set- ting, &c.
29. To find all those places within the Polar Circles, on which
the Sun begins to shine, &c.....
30. To make Use of the Globes as a Tellurian ....
256
257
259
31. To rectify the Globe to the Latitude and Horizon of any
Place.....
262
32. To rectify for the Sun's Place
33. To rectify for the Zenith of any Place..
263
Of exposing the Globe to the Sun
34. To observe the Sun's Altitude....
266
35. To place the Globe, when exposed to the Sun, that it may
38. To shew where the Sun will be twice on the same Azimuth
43. Given the difference of Latitude, and difference of Longi-
tude, to find the Course and Distance sailed
297
..... ibid.
44. Given the difference of Latitude and Course, to find the
difference of Longitude, and Distance sailed
45. Given the difference of Latitude and Distance run, to
find the difference of Longitude, and Angle of the
Course
.... 298
46. Given the difference of Longitude and Course, to find the
difference of Latitude, and Distance sailed
299
47. Given the Course and Distance, to find the difference of
Longitude and Latitude .....
310
48. To steer a Ship upon the Arch of a Great Circle, &c... 301
Of the Terrestrial Globe, mounted in the common Manner.. 303
1. To find the Latitude and Longitude of any given Place on
the Globe....
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2. To find the difference of Longitude between any two given
304
.. ibid.
3. To rectify the Globe for the Latitude, Zenith, aud Sun's
Place....
... 305
4. The Hour of the Day at any Place being given, to find all
those on the Globe, where it is Noon, Midnight, or
any given hour at that time
5. The Hour of the Day at any Place being given, to find the
correspondent Hour (or what o'clock it is at that time)
.... 306
6. The Day of the Month being given, to find all those
Places on the Globe where the Sun will be vertical, or
in the Zenith, that Day
7. A Place being given in the Torrid Zone, to find those two
Days of the Year on which the Sun will be vertical to
that Place..::
3. To find the Antoci, Perioci, and Antipodes of any given
307
308
9. To find at what Hour the Sun rises and sets any Day in
the Year, at any Place, and also upon what Point of
the Compass
309
10. To find the length of the Day and Night at any time of
the Year
11. To find the length of the longest or shortest Day, at any
Place upon the Earth....
12. To find all those inhabitants to whom the Sun is this mo-
ment rising or setting, in their Meridian or Midnight.. 311
13. To find the beginning and end of Twilight..
312
Of the Use of the Celestial Globe, mounted in the common
manner
314