Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles: And Made Easy to Those who Have Not Studied Mathematics : to which are Added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distances of All the Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761 : an Account of Mr. Horrox's Observation of the Transit of Venus in the Year 1639 : And, of the Distances of All the Planets from the Sun, as Deduced from Observations of the Transit in the Year 1761Matthew Carey, 1809 - 533 oldal |
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... degree of the mean temperature of the two detached thermo- meters above or below 31 degrees , and the result will be the true alt . Bissextile , a year consisting of 366 days , by adding a day to the month of February every 4th year ...
... degree of the mean temperature of the two detached thermo- meters above or below 31 degrees , and the result will be the true alt . Bissextile , a year consisting of 366 days , by adding a day to the month of February every 4th year ...
38. oldal
... degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts , called minutes ; and each minute into 60 the eclip- tic . * As represented in Plate III . Fig . I. and described § 138 , into 60 equal parts , called seconds : so that 38 Of the Solar System .
... degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts , called minutes ; and each minute into 60 the eclip- tic . * As represented in Plate III . Fig . I. and described § 138 , into 60 equal parts , called seconds : so that 38 Of the Solar System .
41. oldal
... degrees to the Plate I. ecliptic . That node , § 20 , from which he ascends His orbit northward above the ecliptic , is in the 16th degree of Taurus ; and the opposite node , in the 16th de- gree of Scorpio . The Earth is in these ...
... degrees to the Plate I. ecliptic . That node , § 20 , from which he ascends His orbit northward above the ecliptic , is in the 16th degree of Taurus ; and the opposite node , in the 16th de- gree of Scorpio . The Earth is in these ...
43. oldal
... degrees to the axis of her orbit ; which is 51 degrees more than our Earth's axis is inclined to the axis of the ecliptic and therefore her seasons vary much more than ours do . The north pole of her axis inclines toward the 20th degree ...
... degrees to the axis of her orbit ; which is 51 degrees more than our Earth's axis is inclined to the axis of the ecliptic and therefore her seasons vary much more than ours do . The north pole of her axis inclines toward the 20th degree ...
44. oldal
... degrees from it ; and whatever place he passes vertically over when in the Equator , one day's re- volution will remove him 36 degrees from it . So that the Sun changes his declination every day in Venus about 14 degrees more , at a ...
... degrees from it ; and whatever place he passes vertically over when in the Equator , one day's re- volution will remove him 36 degrees from it . So that the Sun changes his declination every day in Venus about 14 degrees more , at a ...
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