Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Том 17Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... ecliptic are called the nodes : the points wherein the equator and ecliptic intersect are called the equinoctial points : particularly , that whence the sun ascends towards the north pole , is called the vernal point ; and that by which ...
... ecliptic are called the nodes : the points wherein the equator and ecliptic intersect are called the equinoctial points : particularly , that whence the sun ascends towards the north pole , is called the vernal point ; and that by which ...
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... ECLIPTIC ; which cuts the equator in two opposite points , dividing it , and being divided by it , into two equal parts . They far- ther observed , that when the sun was in either of these points of intersection , his circle of diurnal ...
... ECLIPTIC ; which cuts the equator in two opposite points , dividing it , and being divided by it , into two equal parts . They far- ther observed , that when the sun was in either of these points of intersection , his circle of diurnal ...
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... ecliptic in nearly the same angle . Therefore the poles of this diurnal revolution must describe a circle round the poles of the ecliptic at the distance of about 23 degrees in 25,745 years ; and in the time of Timochares , the north ...
... ecliptic in nearly the same angle . Therefore the poles of this diurnal revolution must describe a circle round the poles of the ecliptic at the distance of about 23 degrees in 25,745 years ; and in the time of Timochares , the north ...
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... ecliptic , and SPQ Precession . this must be , that the terrestrial equator , when produ- a circle distant from it 23 ° 28 ' , representing the circle ced to the sphere of the starry heavens , will cut the described by the pole of the ...
... ecliptic , and SPQ Precession . this must be , that the terrestrial equator , when produ- a circle distant from it 23 ° 28 ' , representing the circle ced to the sphere of the starry heavens , will cut the described by the pole of the ...
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... ecliptic . This is there- SPE , contained between that colure and the star's circle fore 9 " X cos . long . node , and is additive to the of declination . But when the pole is at O , the right mean obliquity , while O is in the ...
... ecliptic . This is there- SPE , contained between that colure and the star's circle fore 9 " X cos . long . node , and is additive to the of declination . But when the pole is at O , the right mean obliquity , while O is in the ...
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