An Introduction to the Use of the Globes, and the Orery: Also, the Application of Astronomy to Chronology ... Adapted to the Instruction and Entertainment of Such Persons as are Not Previously Versed in Mathematic Science. With an Appendix, Attempting to Explain the Account of the First and Fourth Days Work of Creation in the First Chapter of GenesisJ. Nourse, J. Buckland and E. and C. Dilly, 1766 - 172 páginas |
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... Acquaintance with Lands and Seas , King- doms and Provinces . I have , therefore , in the first Place , explained the Terrestrial Globe only , as if there were no fuch Thing Thing as a Celestial one ; after which I would iv The PREFACE .
... Acquaintance with Lands and Seas , King- doms and Provinces . I have , therefore , in the first Place , explained the Terrestrial Globe only , as if there were no fuch Thing Thing as a Celestial one ; after which I would iv The PREFACE .
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... Place , ( fuppofe London ; ) let a Hole be bored through the Globe from Pole to Pole , into which put a Spindle , or Axis , on which it may turn round . Then fetting a Candle directly before you , on a Table , in a darkened Room , hold ...
... Place , ( fuppofe London ; ) let a Hole be bored through the Globe from Pole to Pole , into which put a Spindle , or Axis , on which it may turn round . Then fetting a Candle directly before you , on a Table , in a darkened Room , hold ...
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... Place where you held it at first , and it will reprefent the Autumnal Equinox ; when it is moved to be directly beyond the Candle , it represents the Winter Solftice . And , by turning the Globe on its Axis , in feveral Parts of the ...
... Place where you held it at first , and it will reprefent the Autumnal Equinox ; when it is moved to be directly beyond the Candle , it represents the Winter Solftice . And , by turning the Globe on its Axis , in feveral Parts of the ...
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... Place , when , by turn- ing the Globe , the Place is brought just un- der it . Meridians at fifteen Degrees diftance from each other are called Hour - circles ; because the Places that each of them pass through have Noon an Hour earlier ...
... Place , when , by turn- ing the Globe , the Place is brought just un- der it . Meridians at fifteen Degrees diftance from each other are called Hour - circles ; because the Places that each of them pass through have Noon an Hour earlier ...
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... Place can be brought under its proper Me- ridian and into the Middle of the He- ; mifphere which is bounded with its proper Horizon . IV . The ECLIPTIC cuts the Equator obliquely in two oppofite Points , making with it an Angle of ...
... Place can be brought under its proper Me- ridian and into the Middle of the He- ; mifphere which is bounded with its proper Horizon . IV . The ECLIPTIC cuts the Equator obliquely in two oppofite Points , making with it an Angle of ...
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Página 161 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Página 151 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Página 103 - Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Página 35 - Put the centre of the quadrant of altitude on the pole of the ecliptic, and its graduated edge on the star ; then the arch of the quadrant, intercepted...
Página 30 - The hour being given at any place, to tell what hour it is in any other part of the world : Bring the given place to the meridian, and set the...
Página 30 - For the zenith : screw the quadrant of altitude on the meridian, at the given degree of latitude, counting from the equator towards the elevated pole, and the globe will be rectified for the zenith.
Página 31 - X.), and mark it on the brass meridian ; then bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour. Turn the globe till the index points to...
Página 152 - Heaven and the earth ; and the earth was without form, and void, and darknefs was upon the face of the deep ; and the fpirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Página 157 - Let there and there was light. 4 And God faw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darknefs. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darknefs he called Night: and the evening and the morning •were the firft day.
Página 130 - To find the Dominical Letter. Divide the cent'ries by four; and twice what does remain Take from six; and then add to the number you gain The odd years and their fourth ; which, dividing by seven, What is left take from seven, and the letter is given.