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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... by chang- ing our Place , Eastward or Weftward , we change our Meridian ; fince the Meridian of any Place is a Circle paffing , North and B 3 South , South , directly over it . And by remov- ing Ch . I. 5 its Points and Circles .
... by chang- ing our Place , Eastward or Weftward , we change our Meridian ; fince the Meridian of any Place is a Circle paffing , North and B 3 South , South , directly over it . And by remov- ing Ch . I. 5 its Points and Circles .
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... paffing thro ' the first Point of Aries and Libra , where the Ecliptic croffes the Equinoctial , ( the Circle that an- fwers to the Equator on the Terreftrial Globe . ) The other paffing thro ' the first Points of Cancer and Capricorn ...
... paffing thro ' the first Point of Aries and Libra , where the Ecliptic croffes the Equinoctial , ( the Circle that an- fwers to the Equator on the Terreftrial Globe . ) The other paffing thro ' the first Points of Cancer and Capricorn ...
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... paffing thro ' the respective Constellations . The first three Months , beginning from the vernal Equinox , were remarkable for the Production of thofe Animals which they most used and valued , viz . Sheep , Kine and Goats . The Lambs ...
... paffing thro ' the respective Constellations . The first three Months , beginning from the vernal Equinox , were remarkable for the Production of thofe Animals which they most used and valued , viz . Sheep , Kine and Goats . The Lambs ...
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... paffing thro ' the Center of the Sun , and of the Earth . The Earth has a double Motion . First , its diurnal Motion , round its own Axis , in twenty - four Hours . Secondly , its annual Motion round the Sun in a Year . First , It has a ...
... paffing thro ' the Center of the Sun , and of the Earth . The Earth has a double Motion . First , its diurnal Motion , round its own Axis , in twenty - four Hours . Secondly , its annual Motion round the Sun in a Year . First , It has a ...
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... paffing through the Earth's Atmosphere . And as the Degree of the Refraction at the Horizon is about 34 Minutes , which is more than the Sun's Diameter , his whole Body becomes vifible before he is rifen ; that is , before a right Line ...
... paffing through the Earth's Atmosphere . And as the Degree of the Refraction at the Horizon is about 34 Minutes , which is more than the Sun's Diameter , his whole Body becomes vifible before he is rifen ; that is , before a right Line ...
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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.