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Newton explains precession,
202; explains motion of
comets, 227; explains
moon's variation, 232;
calculates figure of the
earth, 247.
Nutation, 186, 202.

0.

Observations, how made, 18;
with transit instrument, 26,
34; with mural circle, 31,

35,

Orientation, 122.

P.

Parabola, 130, 228.
Parallax, what, 114, 142;
of moon, 136, 142, 161;
of sun, 144, 166; how
calculated, 173; of fixed
stars, 195.

Pendulum, a measure of
gravity, 248; Foucault's,
277; used to measure den-
sity of earth, 286.
Permanent axis of rotation,
78.

Perpendicular, 15, 44.
Perturbations, 229; of the
moon, 229; of the planets,
232, 238.

Planets, motions of, 91; 122;
their orbits, 101, 151; why
they do not fall into or
depart from the sun, 112,
132; perturbations of, 233,
238.
Plumb-line, direction of, 82.
Pole, how found, 33; its
change of position, 204.

Pole star, 6, 25, 204.
Precession of equinoxes, 175,
199; caused by sun, 176,
199; and moon, 181, 201.
Pressure of fluids, 244.
Prism, effect of, on direction
of a ray of light, 14.
Proper motion of stars, 215.
Ptolemaic system, 92, 124.

R.

Reflection of light, 31, 42.
Refractior, 13, 45; effect of,
how avoided, 140.

Resolution of forces, 108, 133.
Retrograde motion, 124.
Right ascension, 185.
Rising of heavenly bodies, 5.
Römer discovers velocity of
light, 208.

Rotation of earth, 66, 87; of
top, illustrates precession,
184; composition of, 279.

S.

Schehallien experiment, 256.
Sector, Zenith, 55, 82, 122.
Sidereal day, 41.
Sphere, attraction of, 222,
285.

Spheroid, 60; attraction of,

242.

Stars, apparent motion of, 5;

how affected by aberration,
190; proper motion of,
215; distance of, 192, 209.
Stationary points of planets,
92.

Sun, apparent motion of, 71;
distance of, from earth,
144, 166; from planets,
127, 146.
Survey, trigonometrical, 46.

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