Astronomy Explai
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- ASTRONOMY
- MATHEMATICS.
- THE SECOND EDITION.
- TO
- THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
- AND
- OF THE
- AND ONE OF THE
- DISTINGUISHED
- THIS
- TREATISE of ASTRONOMY
- IS INSCRIBED,
- By HIS LORDSHIP’s
- MOST OBLIGED,
- And
- MOST HUMBLE SERVANT,
- THE
- CONTENTS.
- CHAP. I.
- CHAP. II.
- CHAP. III.
- CHAP. IV.
- CHAP. V.
- CHAP. VI.
- CHAP. VII.
- CHAP. VIII.
- CHAP. IX.
- CHAP. X.
- CHAP. XI.
- CHAP. XII.
- CHAP. XIII.
- CHAP. XIV.
- CHAP. XV.
- CHAP. XVI.
- CHAP. XVII.
- CHAP. XVIII.
- CHAP. XIX.
- CHAP. XX.
- CHAP. XXI.
- CHAP. XXII.
- ASTRONOMY
- EXPLAINED UPON
- CHAP. I.
- THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAP. II.
- The Solar System.]
- The Axes of the Planets, what.]
- PLATE I.
- Where situated.]
- PLATE I.]
- Venus.]
- PLATE I.]
- It’s diurnal and annual motion.]
- PLATE I.]
- Fig. I.]
- She is full of caverns and deep pits.]
- How the Lunarians may know the length of their year.]
- Fig. I.]
- How the other Planets appear to Mars.]
- Fig. I.]
- Their grand period.]
- PLATE I.
- How he appears to his nearest Moon.]
- The difference little in those of our Earth.]
- Fig. I.]
- PLATE I.]
- Fig. I.]
- All our heat depends not on the Sun’s rays.]
- PLATE I.]
- How the Sun appears to the different Planets.]
- Fig. IV.]
- PLATE I.]
- They prove the Stars to be at immense distances.]
- A TABLE
- CHAP. III.
- CHAP. IV.
- Axis of the World. It’s Poles. Fig. II.]
- PLATE II.]
- Fig. I.]
- The Circles of perpetual Apparition and Occultation.]
- Parallel, Oblique, and Right sphere, what.]
- CHAP. V.
- PLATE III.]
- Fig. I.]
- CHAP. VI.
- Experiment to represent the motions of Mercury and Venus.]
- PLATE II.]
- The greatest Elongations of Mercury and Venus.]
- The stationary places of the Planets variable.]
- PLATE II.
- General Phenomena of a superiour Planet to an inferiour.]
- CHAP. VII.
- PLATE II.
- Fig. IV.]
- PLATE II.]
- The Planets describe equal Areas in equal times.]
- Their Excentricities.]
- The consequences thereof.]
- CHAP. VIII.
- PLATE II.]
- A proof that they hinder not one another’s motions.]
- PLATE II.]
- Refraction of the rays of light.]
- The Air’s compression and rarity at different heights.]
- PLATE II.]
- PLATE II.]
- A very remarkable case concerning refraction.]
- PLATE II.]
- Why the Sun and Moon appear biggest in the Horizon.]
- CHAP. IX.
- The Moon’s distance determined.]
- How near the truth it may soon be determined.]
- Of Mercury Venus The Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn
- Errors in distance a rising from the mistake of 1ʺ in the Sun’s Parallax
- PLATE IV.]
- CHAP. X.
- Fig. II
- PLATE IV.
- Meridians.]
- Summer Solstice.]
- Autumnal Equinox.]
- PLATE V.]
- A concise view of the seasons.]
- PLATE V.
- The seasons shewn in another view of the Earth, and it’s Orbit.]
- Winter Solstice.]
- PLATE V.]
- Why the weather is coldest when the Earth is nearest the Sun.]
- CHAP. XI.
- An hour of time equal to 15 degrees of motion.]
- Lunar Eclipses useful in finding the Longitude.]
- PLATE V.]
- Illustrated by an example.]
- Illustrated by a Figure.]
- CHAP. XII.
- Fig. II.]
- CHAP. XIII.
- The first part of the Equation of time.]
- PLATE VI.]
- PLATE VI.]
- PLATE VI.]
- Fig. IV.]
- CHAP. XIV.
- PLATE VI.]
- CHAP. XV.
- The Moon’s surface mountainous.]
- Fig. I.]
- PL. VII.]
- Why the Moon appears as big as the Sun.]
- PL. VII.]
- PL. VII.]
- PL. VII.]
- Fig. III.]
- PL. VII.
- And Saturn’s.]
- CHAP. XVI.
- The different Angles made by the Ecliptic and Horizon.]
- Her periodical and synodical Revolution exemplified.]
- Fig. V.]
- CHAP. XVII.
- PLATE IX.
- Their Theory improved by Sir ISAAC NEWTON.]
- Fig. I.]
- Fig. I.]
- PLATE IX.
- Fig. VI.]
- PLATE IX.
- Fig. V.]
- CHAP. XVIII.
- PLATE X.]
- Limits of Eclipses.]
- PLATE X.
- Line of the Nodes.]
- Her North and South Latitude.]
- The defects of it.]
- PLATE XI.]
- PLATE XI.]
- And Penumbra.]
- PLATE XI.
- Fig. III.]
- Fig. IV.]
- Fig. II.]
- Duration of central Eclipses of the Moon.]
- CHAP. XIX.
- IV. The Sun’s declination.
- V. The angle of the Moon’s visible path with the Ecliptic.
- VI. The Moon’s Latitude or Declination from the Ecliptic.
- VII. The Moon’s true hourly motion from the Sun.
- VIII. The Angle of the Sun’s semi-diameter as seen from the Earth.
- IX. The Angle of the Moon’s semi-diameter as seen from the Earth.
- X. The semi-diameter of the Penumbra.
- I. The true time of opposition of the Sun and Moon; and for that time,
- II. The Moon’s horizontal parallax.
- III. The Sun’s semi-diameter.
- IV. The semi-diameter of the Earth’s shadow.
- V. The Moon’s semi-diameter.
- VI. The Moon’s Latitude.
- VII. The Moon’s true hourly motion from the Sun.
- VIII. The Angle of the Moon’s visible path with the Ecliptic.
- EXAMPLE I.
- EXAMPLE II.
- EXAMPLE I.
- EXAMPLE II.
- EXAMPLE I.
- EXAMPLE II.
- EXAMPLE III.
- EXAMPLE.
- EXAMPLE.
- EXAMPLE.
- EXAMPLE.
- EXAMPLE.
- D H M
- 367. I. The true time of Conj. or New Moon _April_ 1 10 25
- IV. The Sun’s Declination, North 4 48 54
- VI. The Moon’s true Latitude, North Ascending 40 9
- VII. The Moon’s true Horary Motion from the Sun 27 50
- VIII. The Sun’s Semi-diameter 16 6
- IX. The Moon’s Semi-diameter 14 58
- X. The Semi-diameter of the Penumbra 31 4
- Pl. XII.]
- Earth’s Semi-Disc.]
- Universal Meridian.]
- It’s Phases.]
- Table VI.]
- Table XII.]
- 388. Now collect the Elements for projecting this Eclipse.
- Fig. III.]
- EXAMPLE I.
- EXAMPLE II
- CHAP. XX.
- Magellanic Clouds.]
- CHAP. XXI.
- To find the true _Easter_.]
- And the Cycles of that year.]
- CHAP. XXII.
- The ORRERY.]
- The Ecliptic.]
- PLATE VI. Fig. I.]
- PLATE III. Fig. III.]
- PL. VIII. Fig. IV.]
- PROBLEM I.
- PROBLEM II.
- PROBLEM III.
- PL. VII. Fig. V.]
- It’s use.]
- Fig. VIII.]
- Pl. XIII.]
- FINIS.
- INDEX.
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- F.
- G.
- H.
- HUYGENIUS, his thoughts concerning the distance of some Stars, 5
- I. J.
- L.
- M.
- N.
- O.
- P.
- R.
- S.
- T.
- U.
- V.
- W.
- Y.
- Z.
- Footnotes
- Transcriber’s Note