A general view of the sciences and arts, Volum 1 |
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Side 122
... star and law . It is a sublime and useful science . It may be regarded as the triumph of philosophy and the human mind . It has conferred upon mankind the most valuable benefits , as it certainly has been the grand conductor and friend ...
... star and law . It is a sublime and useful science . It may be regarded as the triumph of philosophy and the human mind . It has conferred upon mankind the most valuable benefits , as it certainly has been the grand conductor and friend ...
Side 123
... stars for that day ; with conjectures , from their rising , con- cerning the weather . The position of the pyra- mids , those wonderful structures , seems to con- firm the claim of the Egyptians to a very early knowledge of astronomy ...
... stars for that day ; with conjectures , from their rising , con- cerning the weather . The position of the pyra- mids , those wonderful structures , seems to con- firm the claim of the Egyptians to a very early knowledge of astronomy ...
Side 124
... stars . Eudoxus , the Cnidian , made great progress in astronomy , and was acquainted with the me- thod of drawing a ... stars , into fixed stars , and planets . The former are those stars which retain always the same relative situation ...
... stars . Eudoxus , the Cnidian , made great progress in astronomy , and was acquainted with the me- thod of drawing a ... stars , into fixed stars , and planets . The former are those stars which retain always the same relative situation ...
Side 125
... stars have been arranged by astronomers in six classes , or orders . Thus , in proportion to their size and splendour , they are called stars of the first , second , third , fourth , fifth , and sixth magnitude . The ancients divided ...
... stars have been arranged by astronomers in six classes , or orders . Thus , in proportion to their size and splendour , they are called stars of the first , second , third , fourth , fifth , and sixth magnitude . The ancients divided ...
Side 126
... stars , but through a telescope , present the appearance of broad illu- minated patches : in some of which is one star , and in others more are discerned . These are named Nebulæ , or cloudy stars . The sun , and the planets which move ...
... stars , but through a telescope , present the appearance of broad illu- minated patches : in some of which is one star , and in others more are discerned . These are named Nebulæ , or cloudy stars . The sun , and the planets which move ...
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
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Populære avsnitt
Side 60 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Side 227 - Every body continues in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed upon it.
Side 228 - To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and directed to contrary pans.
Side 32 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Side 90 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Side 228 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Side 55 - PROBLEM I. To find the area of a parallelogram, whether it be a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, or a rhomboides.
Side 157 - It is bounded on the North by the Arctic Ocean ; on the East by the Pacific Ocean ; on the South by the Indian Ocean ; and on the West by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Oural Mountains.
Side 97 - Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.
Side 19 - ... When a straight line standing on another straight line, makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle ; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it. 11. An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle. 12. An acute angle is that which is less than a right angle. 13. A term or boundary is the extremity of any thing.