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A Compendious System of Astronomy: In a Course of Familiar Lectures, in which the Principles of that Science are Clearly Elucidated, So as to be Intelligible to Those who Have Not Studied the Mathematics ; Also Trigonometrical and Celestial Problems, with a Key to the Ephemeris, and a Vocabulary of the Terms of Science Used in the Lectures, which Latter are Explained Agreeably to Their Application in Them

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H.L. Galabin, 1799 - 415 pagine

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Origin of Astronomy 1 31	1

Of the Climates and the Length of the natural	14

Of Mercury	24

First Measure of Times and Seasons	31

Symbolical Writing the Origin of Idolatry	41

History of the Improvements in Astronomy	47

The Appropriation of the Letters of the Greek	56

Of the Introduction of Telescopes	64

The relative Bulks of the Sun and Planets	238

When the Motion of an inferior Planet is direct	245

Of the Phases of the Planets	250

LECTURE IX	259

Of the Variety in the Moons Affections	267

Of the telliscopic Appearance of the Moon	286

How Sir Isaac Newton estimated the Heat and Light	289

Of the Lunar Synodical and the Lunar Periodical	290

Of the Atmosphere	74

Of the Equator Of the sensible and the rational	80

1	82

Of Saturn	123

Of the Georgium Sidus	129

LEC	143

Of the different Parallaxes	157

LECTURE VI	169

Of the Orbits of the Planets	197

LECTURE X	301

Of Eclipses of the Moon	305

Elements of Trigonometry	325

Trigonometrical Problems	334

The general Principles of a celestial Globe	345

Characters of Bodies belonging to the Solar System	369

A View of the Solar System referred to Plate 6	380

Names of the Spots in the Moon referred to Plate	384

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A Compendious System of Astronomy, in a Course of Familiar Lectures: In ...
Margaret Bryan
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Margaret Bryan
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Titolo	A Compendious System of Astronomy: In a Course of Familiar Lectures, in which the Principles of that Science are Clearly Elucidated, So as to be Intelligible to Those who Have Not Studied the Mathematics ; Also Trigonometrical and Celestial Problems, with a Key to the Ephemeris, and a Vocabulary ...
Autore	Margaret Bryan
Illustrato da	Margaret Bryan
Edizione	2
Editore	H.L. Galabin, 1799
Provenienza dell'originale	la University of Michigan
Digitalizzato	23 ago 2012
Lunghezza	415 pagine

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