The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 3Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... orbit , wherein it passes the ecliptic , to proceed northward . This is otherwise called the northern node , and represented by this character N. ASCENDING SIGNS , among astrologers , are those which are upon their ascent , or rise ...
... orbit , wherein it passes the ecliptic , to proceed northward . This is otherwise called the northern node , and represented by this character N. ASCENDING SIGNS , among astrologers , are those which are upon their ascent , or rise ...
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... parts of the heaven were two , Dragon's Head and Tail , that , is the nodes in which the ecliptic is intersected by the orbits of the planets ; and the Part of For 90 ASTRONOMY . 1 gest ; some treatises on arithmetic 88 ASTROLOGY .
... parts of the heaven were two , Dragon's Head and Tail , that , is the nodes in which the ecliptic is intersected by the orbits of the planets ; and the Part of For 90 ASTRONOMY . 1 gest ; some treatises on arithmetic 88 ASTROLOGY .
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... orbit in which the motion is quicker or slower . We are assured by Ptolemy that they were not unacquainted with the motion of the moon's apo- gee and nodes , the latter of which they supposed made a complete revolution in 65854 days ...
... orbit in which the motion is quicker or slower . We are assured by Ptolemy that they were not unacquainted with the motion of the moon's apo- gee and nodes , the latter of which they supposed made a complete revolution in 65854 days ...
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... orbits ; that the white color of the milky way was owing to the united brightness of a great multitude of small stars ; and he supposed that the distances of the moon and planets from the earth , were in certain harmonic proportions to ...
... orbits ; that the white color of the milky way was owing to the united brightness of a great multitude of small stars ; and he supposed that the distances of the moon and planets from the earth , were in certain harmonic proportions to ...
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... orbits of the planets are eccentric , that the moon moved slower in her apogee than in her perigee , and that there was a motion of anticipation of the moon's nodes : he constructed tables of the mo- tions of the sun and moon ...
... orbits of the planets are eccentric , that the moon moved slower in her apogee than in her perigee , and that there was a motion of anticipation of the moon's nodes : he constructed tables of the mo- tions of the sun and moon ...
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Page 415 - And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and: behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Page 419 - Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What...
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Page 2 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore...
Page 64 - Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.
Page 318 - He is an evening reveller, who makes His life an infancy, and sings his fill; At intervals, some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Page 317 - ... suage, With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish, and doubt, and fear, and sorrow, and pain From mortal or immortal minds. Thus they, Breathing united force, with fixed thought...
Page 211 - Salisbury plain, and fall into rank and file in the exact order of an army ? And, yet, this is much more easy to be imagined than how the innumerable blind parts of matter should rendezvous themselves into a world.
Page 2 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate.