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... meridian brightness . His unpa- ralelled excellence quite aftonished the public . To fee a young man , in his 24th year , and a mere novice to the ftage , reaching at one ftep to that height of perfection , which the then capital perfom ...
... meridian brightness . His unpa- ralelled excellence quite aftonished the public . To fee a young man , in his 24th year , and a mere novice to the ftage , reaching at one ftep to that height of perfection , which the then capital perfom ...
Page 317
... meridian in different latitudes : Proportion of the earth's axis to the diameter of the equator : Cir- cumference of the earth : Divifion of its furface by parallels of latitude ; by zones ; by circles of lon- gitude : Methods of ...
... meridian in different latitudes : Proportion of the earth's axis to the diameter of the equator : Cir- cumference of the earth : Divifion of its furface by parallels of latitude ; by zones ; by circles of lon- gitude : Methods of ...
Page 318
... meridian lines . From the time of Thales , who flourished in the fixth century before Chrift , very little ferms to have been done towards the improvement of geography for 200 years . During this period , there is only one aftronomical ...
... meridian lines . From the time of Thales , who flourished in the fixth century before Chrift , very little ferms to have been done towards the improvement of geography for 200 years . During this period , there is only one aftronomical ...
Page 319
... meridian at right angles to these , paffing through Rhodes and Alexandria , down to Syene and Me- roe ; and he at last undertook a still more arduous task , viz . to determine the circumference of the globe , by an actual measurement of ...
... meridian at right angles to these , paffing through Rhodes and Alexandria , down to Syene and Me- roe ; and he at last undertook a still more arduous task , viz . to determine the circumference of the globe , by an actual measurement of ...
Page 320
... meridian height was the 48th part of a great circle in the heavens , or 7 deg .; anfwering to the like quan- tity of a circle on the earth : then fuppofing them both to be under the fame meridian , and the dif- tance between them to be ...
... meridian height was the 48th part of a great circle in the heavens , or 7 deg .; anfwering to the like quan- tity of a circle on the earth : then fuppofing them both to be under the fame meridian , and the dif- tance between them to be ...
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