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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19. oldal
... lunation , the time between one new moon , or conjunction of the sun and moon , and the next at a mean = 29d . 12h . 44m . 3s . 11t . Solar month , the 12th part of a solar tropical year = 30d . 10h . 29m . 5s . Calendar months , those ...
... lunation , the time between one new moon , or conjunction of the sun and moon , and the next at a mean = 29d . 12h . 44m . 3s . 11t . Solar month , the 12th part of a solar tropical year = 30d . 10h . 29m . 5s . Calendar months , those ...
222. oldal
... lunation , a si- dereal , and a solar day , all in the same time . But because the Earth goes forward in its orbit while the Moon goes round the Earth in her orbit , the Moon must go as much more than round her orbit from change to ...
... lunation , a si- dereal , and a solar day , all in the same time . But because the Earth goes forward in its orbit while the Moon goes round the Earth in her orbit , the Moon must go as much more than round her orbit from change to ...
224. oldal
... lunations . Let us now suppose that the radius of the circular curve described by the nail in the axle is to the radi- us ... lunation , and the latter of the Moon's for that time . Here we may set aside the inequali- ties of the Moon's ...
... lunations . Let us now suppose that the radius of the circular curve described by the nail in the axle is to the radi- us ... lunation , and the latter of the Moon's for that time . Here we may set aside the inequali- ties of the Moon's ...
226. oldal
... lunation , as to f 267. The Moon's absolute motion from her change to her first quarter , or from a to b , is so much slower than the Earth's , that she falls 240 thousand miles ( equal to the semi - diameter of her orbit ) be- hind the ...
... lunation , as to f 267. The Moon's absolute motion from her change to her first quarter , or from a to b , is so much slower than the Earth's , that she falls 240 thousand miles ( equal to the semi - diameter of her orbit ) be- hind the ...
238. oldal
... lunation , and in some lunations twice . ferent 281. If the Earth had no annual motion , 238 Of the Harvest - Moon .
... lunation , and in some lunations twice . ferent 281. If the Earth had no annual motion , 238 Of the Harvest - Moon .
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