Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Band 3Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... length of the year ; determined the cosmical setting of the Pleiades in his time to have been 25 days after the autumnal equinox ; divided the earth into five zones by means of the polar circles and tropics ; taught the obliquity of the ...
... length of the year ; determined the cosmical setting of the Pleiades in his time to have been 25 days after the autumnal equinox ; divided the earth into five zones by means of the polar circles and tropics ; taught the obliquity of the ...
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... length of the longest day increases , and that of the shortest day diminishes , as we advance toward the poles ; and when the distance between the zenith and the pole is only equal to the inclination of the ecliptic , the sun does not ...
... length of the longest day increases , and that of the shortest day diminishes , as we advance toward the poles ; and when the distance between the zenith and the pole is only equal to the inclination of the ecliptic , the sun does not ...
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... length of the radius vector of the solar orbit , and hav- ing the same relative position as these lines . If we join the extremity of these lines , by making a curve pass through them , we shall perceive that this curve is not exactly ...
... length of the radius vector of the solar orbit , and hav- ing the same relative position as these lines . If we join the extremity of these lines , by making a curve pass through them , we shall perceive that this curve is not exactly ...
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... length of time which the sun takes in making a complete revolution round its orbit . For if we ascertain how many days that re- volution requires , we have only to divide the whole orbit by that number to prove the portion of it ...
... length of time which the sun takes in making a complete revolution round its orbit . For if we ascertain how many days that re- volution requires , we have only to divide the whole orbit by that number to prove the portion of it ...
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... length of the oscillations is the same , and time may be measured by their number . We might employ also , for the ... length of a sidereal day . Days vary Astronomical or solar days , as they are also called , in length . are not equal ...
... length of the oscillations is the same , and time may be measured by their number . We might employ also , for the ... length of a sidereal day . Days vary Astronomical or solar days , as they are also called , in length . are not equal ...
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Seite 59 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Seite 396 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Seite 366 - This credit was called bank money, which, as it represented money exactly according to the standard of the mint, was always of the same real value, and intrinsically worth more than current money.
Seite 215 - ... to be said in his favour. Upon judgment therefore of death, and not before, the attainder of a criminal commences: or upon such circumstances as are equivalent to judgment of death ; as judgment of outlawry on a capital crime, pronounced for absconding or fleeing from justice, which tacitly confesses the guilt. And therefore either upon judgment of outlawry, or of death, for treason or felony, a man shall be said to be attainted.
Seite 220 - My friend " ' Pope, considering your infirmities, and my age and " ' exile, it is not likely we should ever meet again, " ' and therefore I give you this legacy to remember " ' me by. Take it home with yo.u, and let me advise "
Seite 297 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Seite 396 - ... seised to the use of, the bargainee : and then the statute of uses completes the purchase ' ; or, as it hath been well expressed m, the bargain first vests the use, and then the statute vests the possession.
Seite 222 - He has so much regard to. his congregation, that he commits to his memory what he has to say to them ; and has so soft and graceful a behaviour, that it must attract your attention. His person...
Seite 218 - Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God ? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.