A Plain Elementary and Practical System of Natural Experimental Philosophy: Including Astronomy and ChronologyHopkins and Earle, 1809 - 538 pages |
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... 385 385 Telescopes 388 The Magic Lantern 397 Astronomy 399 General Table of the Primary Planets in the Solar System 411 Mercury 415 Venus 420 The Earth 424 Seasons of the Year 427 CONTENTS . Page Precession of the Equinoxes 429 Equation of.
... 385 385 Telescopes 388 The Magic Lantern 397 Astronomy 399 General Table of the Primary Planets in the Solar System 411 Mercury 415 Venus 420 The Earth 424 Seasons of the Year 427 CONTENTS . Page Precession of the Equinoxes 429 Equation of.
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... Planets Comets The truth of the Copernican System 439 441 442 446 350 Distances and Parallaxes of the Planets 452 Elliptic Orbits of the Planets 456 Elements and construction of Solar Tables 460 To find the Latitude of a Place 460 To ...
... Planets Comets The truth of the Copernican System 439 441 442 446 350 Distances and Parallaxes of the Planets 452 Elliptic Orbits of the Planets 456 Elements and construction of Solar Tables 460 To find the Latitude of a Place 460 To ...
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... planets ; and they saw with their own eyes , that the planets were round globular bodies , similar to our earth , and the satellites of Jupiter , revolving round him in the same manner as the moon revolves round our earth , while both ...
... planets ; and they saw with their own eyes , that the planets were round globular bodies , similar to our earth , and the satellites of Jupiter , revolving round him in the same manner as the moon revolves round our earth , while both ...
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... planetary regions , nay to the most distant retreats of the flaming comets , and thereby exhibited the various intricacies of their motions to open view , which no astronomer from ob- servation alone could ever have explained : as they ...
... planetary regions , nay to the most distant retreats of the flaming comets , and thereby exhibited the various intricacies of their motions to open view , which no astronomer from ob- servation alone could ever have explained : as they ...
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... planets that surround him , and regulates all their motions . Sir Isaac Newton , observing that when a body had been projected upwards , its velocity continually decreased until it was destroyed , and then the body began to return with ...
... planets that surround him , and regulates all their motions . Sir Isaac Newton , observing that when a body had been projected upwards , its velocity continually decreased until it was destroyed , and then the body began to return with ...
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acquired altitude angle of incidence angle of refraction appear arch atmosphere attraction axis bulk called center of force central force circle colour concave concave lens converge convex lens curve cycloid degree denser medium density descend diameter direction diverge earth ecliptic elastic electricity ellipsis equal equator fall feet fluid focal distance friction given glass globe greater greatest half heat heavy body Hence hole horizon increased inversely latus rectum length less magnet mercury meridian mirror moon moon's motion move nearer nonconductor object observed octave orbit parabola parallel particles pass pendulum perpendicular plane Plate pole pressure prime conductor produced projectile proportional quantity of matter radiant point radius rays of light reflected reflexion retina revolving right ascension round side sine sound space specific gravity square root string sun's surface syzygies tance tangent telescope thereby tides tion tube velocity vessel vial vibrations weight wheel wind
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Page 264 - When a ray of light passes from one medium to another, it is refracted so that the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to the ratio of the velocities in the two media.
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Page 266 - This amounts to the same with saying, that, in the case before us, the sine of the angle of incidence is to the sine of the angle of refraction in a given ratio.
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