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Page 390
... fouth , as it was fet at firft from the east point towards the north ; and turn the globe weltward on its axis , until the first meridian comes to the brazen meridian again , and the hour - index to XII : then , continue to turn the ...
... fouth , as it was fet at firft from the east point towards the north ; and turn the globe weltward on its axis , until the first meridian comes to the brazen meridian again , and the hour - index to XII : then , continue to turn the ...
Page 441
... fouth ridge , and nearly parallel to the high - ftreet , is a 0- ther street called the Cowgate ; and the town has now extended itself over most part of that fouth ridge allo . Betwix . the mid and north ridge was a loch , which , till ...
... fouth ridge , and nearly parallel to the high - ftreet , is a 0- ther street called the Cowgate ; and the town has now extended itself over most part of that fouth ridge allo . Betwix . the mid and north ridge was a loch , which , till ...
Page 674
... fouth pole . convexity of the earth . If another great circle be drawn upon the sphere , in fuch a manner as to cut the equinoctial at an angle of 23 degrees in two oppofite points , it will reprefent the ecliptic , or circle of the ...
... fouth pole . convexity of the earth . If another great circle be drawn upon the sphere , in fuch a manner as to cut the equinoctial at an angle of 23 degrees in two oppofite points , it will reprefent the ecliptic , or circle of the ...
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