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« nations and places,- with fome perplexity even in the order to be fol-
“ lowed; and the materials'are rather prolix than alluring:-1* ■ The* oh*.
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M dignity o f ftience; being, even- in unlkilful "hand's, capable of invit-
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CONTENTS
C O N T E N T S
I N T R O D U C T I O N ,
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p lG U R E mdDimen/tons o f the Earth . -
Latitude and L ongitude o f Plates upon the Earth's Surface „ - -
Ajmofphere o f the Earth « , , / - ’ ' • ^ - 1 * ' IS
iGnParallax - y r - a - • - •* *" i
*fhe djlrpnorhical'^ttadrant . . . . - . • - «
'The Trari/it *Telefcope- , - 1jjB - - - 1
.iExplanation o f jljlrondmtt^l Mentis ‘ ' ^ * 1
, L o 8rinepf^he Sphrr e _ ; ■* ■ . -i
Some Problems - : -» - - \ - • -
jiftronomkalTerms ari/ingfrom different Situations o f the SpeSator upon ^Urth
_ <Pojind the righL^jcen/ion and Decimation of the Heavenly ^Bodies
Equation of^Fimc x - - - ' - - j»j
The Sola.R SrSiSFM
Motion o f the., Moon and Us Phenomena
Rotation of the Sun and Planets -
Potationof the Satellites * - •
‘fSffiSllifes ofjfupiter ~v’
-^Satellites oj Saturn * -
:■ Satellites^the Georgian - -
Ring? o f Saturn H - • •
E clipses o f the Sun and Moon | —;
• Nature and Motion o f Comets —
'T h e Fixed Stars - -
SThe GonfiellationS\^ H •
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