Astronomical and geographical essaysW. & S. Jones, 1812 - 518 pages |
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... situation he considers the motion of the heavenly host , and finds that all is regular and har- monious . In the second part , his attention is di- rected to the appearances of the planetary bodies , as observed from the earth . It were ...
... situation he considers the motion of the heavenly host , and finds that all is regular and har- monious . In the second part , his attention is di- rected to the appearances of the planetary bodies , as observed from the earth . It were ...
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... situation from which they are observed . Astronomy , in com- mon with other branches of mathematics , while it strengthens the powers of the mind , restrains it from rash presumption , and disposes it to a rational assent . The ...
... situation from which they are observed . Astronomy , in com- mon with other branches of mathematics , while it strengthens the powers of the mind , restrains it from rash presumption , and disposes it to a rational assent . The ...
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... situation ; whence he views the heavens from a point which is not in the centre of the system , and is consequently the source of many apparent irregularities . This knowledge at- tained , it will be easy to prove to him , that the real ...
... situation ; whence he views the heavens from a point which is not in the centre of the system , and is consequently the source of many apparent irregularities . This knowledge at- tained , it will be easy to prove to him , that the real ...
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... situation he will see at one view all the heavens , which will appear to him perfectly spherical , the stars being so many lucid points in the concave surface of the sphere , whose centre is the sun , or , in the present instance , the ...
... situation he will see at one view all the heavens , which will appear to him perfectly spherical , the stars being so many lucid points in the concave surface of the sphere , whose centre is the sun , or , in the present instance , the ...
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... situations of other celestial bodies may be ascertained , and the varieties to which they are , subject be observed . For , from the same place , the motions of the heavenly bodies can only be estimated by the angle formed at the ...
... situations of other celestial bodies may be ascertained , and the varieties to which they are , subject be observed . For , from the same place , the motions of the heavenly bodies can only be estimated by the angle formed at the ...
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angle apparent motion Aries astronomers azimuth body bright bring broad paper circle called Capricorn celestial globe centre comet conjunction dark dial diameter disc distance diurnal motion earth ecliptic edge elevated enlightened equal equator equinoctial equinox fixed stars Georgium Sidus given place greatest elongation heavens hemisphere Herschel horary index hour circle hour-lines illuminated inferior planets inhabitants Jupiter latitude light London longest day longitude magnitude Mars Mercury miles minutes month moon moon's nearer night nodes noon north pole number of degrees observed opposite parallax parallel pass plate polar circle PROBLEM quadrant of altitude rays Rectify the globe retrograde retrograde motion revolution right ascension round the sun satellites Saturn seen semicircle shadow shew ship situation solar spectator sphere strong brass meridian sun appears sun's place superior planet suppose surface telescope terrestrial globe tion tropic tropic of Cancer turn the globe Venus vertical visible west to east zenith
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Page 72 - Their names are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the Zodiac.
Page 226 - If both the places be situated on the same parallel of latitude, their bearing is either east or west from each other ; if the'y be situated on the same meridian, they bear north and south from each other ; if they be situated on the same rhumb-line, that rhumbline is their bearing : if they be not situated on the same rhumb-line, lay the quadrant of altitude over the. two places, and that rhumb-line which is the nearest of...
Page 54 - Our views of Nature, however imperfect, serve to represent to us, in the most sensible manner, that mighty power which prevails throughout, acting with a force and efficacy that appears to suffer no diminution from the greatest distances of space or intervals of time...
Page 199 - To make this circle answer the purpose, a semicircular wire is placed over it, carrying two indices, one on the east, the other on the west side of the strong brass circle.
Page 308 - By subtracting this from twenty-four hours, we have the length of the shortest night. If we bring the first degree of Capricorn to the brass meridian' and proceed in all respects as before, we shall have the length of the longest night and shortest day. Thus, at Delhi, the...
Page 312 - As the terrestrial globe by turning on its axis represents the real diurnal motion of the earth ; so the celestial globe, by turning on its axis, represents the apparent motion of the heavens.
Page 210 - ... than the hour at the given place, turn the globe eastward till the index has passed over as many hours as are equal to the given...
Page 285 - ... equal parts or degrees, as in the figure. Because the hour-lines are less distant from each other about noon, than in any other part of the dial, it is best to have the centres of these quadrants at a little distance from the centre of the dial-plane...
Page 420 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God. The beauties of the wilderness are His, That make so gay the solitary place Where no eye sees them. And the fairer forms That cultivation glories in are His. He sets the bright procession on its way, And marshals all the order of the year ; He marks the bounds which winter may not pass, And blunts his pointed fury ; in its case, Russet and rude...
Page 83 - THE natural advantages which arise from the position of the earth which we inhabit with respect to the other planets, afford much employment to mathematical speculation, by which it has been discovered, that no other conformation of...