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If it appear by the almanack , that at London , the sun is , on the 5th of June , 61
degrees high at 12 o'clock , and a sailor , by his octant , finds it at that time to be
70 degrees high , he concludes that he is nine degrees , or 625 miles , nearer to
...
If it appear by the almanack , that at London , the sun is , on the 5th of June , 61
degrees high at 12 o'clock , and a sailor , by his octant , finds it at that time to be
70 degrees high , he concludes that he is nine degrees , or 625 miles , nearer to
...
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They are called fired stars , because they never appear to move ; and are so
distant , that although the orbit of the Earth is twice 93 millions , or 186 millions of
miles across ; and we are consequently 186 millions of miles nearer to some
stars at ...
They are called fired stars , because they never appear to move ; and are so
distant , that although the orbit of the Earth is twice 93 millions , or 186 millions of
miles across ; and we are consequently 186 millions of miles nearer to some
stars at ...
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A slight consideration will evince , that the stars imme diately above the axis on
which the carth may be sup posed to turn , will appear to remain stationary over
those places , at both ends of the axis . In turning wheel on a 6xed axis , all the ...
A slight consideration will evince , that the stars imme diately above the axis on
which the carth may be sup posed to turn , will appear to remain stationary over
those places , at both ends of the axis . In turning wheel on a 6xed axis , all the ...
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... in England must look for the north pole of the heavens , or the part which never
appears to move , it happens that there ... appear to move found it , according to
their several distances , while it constantly standa still , An hour's contemplation ...
... in England must look for the north pole of the heavens , or the part which never
appears to move , it happens that there ... appear to move found it , according to
their several distances , while it constantly standa still , An hour's contemplation ...
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... some other Asiatic nations , they appear to approach towards the summit of
iheir powers : but in Africa , America , and Siberia , the inhabitants are still in a
state below that in which the Ro . mans found the Britons two thousand years ago
.
... some other Asiatic nations , they appear to approach towards the summit of
iheir powers : but in Africa , America , and Siberia , the inhabitants are still in a
state below that in which the Ro . mans found the Britons two thousand years ago
.
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| Наслов | The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ... |
| Аутор | Sir Richard Phillips |
| Издање | 12 |
| Издавач | J. M'Gowan for Sir R. Phillips, 1820 |
| Оригинал из | Јавна библиотека града Њујорка |
| Дигитализовано | 7 окт 2005 |
| Дужина | 364 страница |
| Извоз навода | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |