The Description and Use of the Globes and the Orrery: To which is Prefix'd, by Way of Introduction, a Brief Account of the Solar System |
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12 at Noon alfo alſo Angle appears Arctick Circle Azimuth becauſe betwixt Brafs called Colure cuts Darkneſs Days and Nights defcribed direct Motion Diſtance Diurnal Arches Diurnal Motion eafily Eaft Earth Eaſtern Eclipfe Ecliptick Equator Equinoctial faid fame Manner feen fhall firft firſt fixed Stars fmall fome ftand fuperior Planets grees Heavens Hemiſphere Hour-Index Index points Index will fhew interfects itſelf Jupiter Lati Latitude Longeft Longeſt Day Longitude Mars Mercury Meridian Moon move muſt Nodes North Pole Number obferve oppofite Orbit paffing Parallels Pofition Polar Circles PROB Quadrant of Altitude Reaſon rectified the Globe repreſents reſpect retrograde Motion ridian rifes and fets Right Afcenfion round its Axis round the Earth round the Sun Saturn ſeen ſhe Solftitial South Pole Sun-rifing Sun's Place Synodical Month thefe theſe thofe Places thoſe who live thro tion Tropick tude turn the Globe turns round Venus vifible Weft Weſtern Side Zenith