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 SystemAn accomplished mathematician and astronomer, Joseph Harris describes how to use globes and orreries to solve astronomical equations as well as gives us an overview of the solar system. As one of the first modern era textbooks on the use of globes and astronomy in general, this work is highly regarded by scientists and mathematicians alike. |
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The Description And Use Of The Globes, And The Orrery: To Which Is Prefixed ... Joseph Harris No preview available - 2018 |
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12 at noon angle antarctic circle appears arctic circle astronomers Azimuth brass meridian called colure conjunction constellations cuts darkness days and nights diameter distance ditto diurnal arches diurnal motion ecliptic equal equator equinoctial points find the Hour fixed Stars given place globe according Heavens Heliacally hemisphere hour circle hour index index points Inferior Planets Jupiter latitude length longest day longitude Mars Mercury Month being given Moon move nodes North Pole number of degrees observed opposite Orrery parallels of declination parallels of latitude passing thro place being given Polar Circles position PROB quadrant of altitude reckoned rectified the globe retrograde motion right ascension rises or sets rising and setting round its axis round the Earth round the Sun Saturn seen semidiameter side Southern space sphere Sun-rising Sun-setting Sun’s Sun's place superior Planets surface Synodical Month Table of Contents tropic turn the globe turns round twilight Venus whence zenith