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... also be equal among themselves , and the contrary . The Planets do not move equal distances in their orbs in equal times , for the velocity of a Planet's motion is different in every part of its orb , being sometimes . greater and ...
... also be equal among themselves , and the contrary . The Planets do not move equal distances in their orbs in equal times , for the velocity of a Planet's motion is different in every part of its orb , being sometimes . greater and ...
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... also when the Earth is arrived at D ; therefore all the time the Earth is palling from E to D , the Planet will feem to ftand till about M , and is faid to be ftationary . Again , whent the Earth is arrived at C , the Planet will really ...
... also when the Earth is arrived at D ; therefore all the time the Earth is palling from E to D , the Planet will feem to ftand till about M , and is faid to be ftationary . Again , whent the Earth is arrived at C , the Planet will really ...
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... also the fmaller from one Village to another , and a proper Distinction preserved . The County will be truly bounded , and properly divided according to its feveral Hundreds . The Foreft Boundaries , and thofe of the large Commons ...
... also the fmaller from one Village to another , and a proper Distinction preserved . The County will be truly bounded , and properly divided according to its feveral Hundreds . The Foreft Boundaries , and thofe of the large Commons ...
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... also be deduced from any three of the Oh- rvations , by defcribing a Conic Section through them ; and any one , who ill be at the Pains to try , fhall find that Figure to be the very fame Ellipfe ith the above , and all the other ...
... also be deduced from any three of the Oh- rvations , by defcribing a Conic Section through them ; and any one , who ill be at the Pains to try , fhall find that Figure to be the very fame Ellipfe ith the above , and all the other ...
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And Mr. WILLIAM CHAPMAN , of Foxton , Leicestershire , also fent Calculations of all the fix Eclipfes which will happen this year ; together with the Continuation of his Table of Solar Eclipfes , which will be visible in England till ...
And Mr. WILLIAM CHAPMAN , of Foxton , Leicestershire , also fent Calculations of all the fix Eclipfes which will happen this year ; together with the Continuation of his Table of Solar Eclipfes , which will be visible in England till ...
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Page 5 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 5 - Imprints a different bias, and to each Decrees its province in the common toil. To some she taught the fabric of the sphere, The changeful moon, the circuit of the stars, The golden zones of...
Page 13 - ... prodigies and predictions. For as it is the chief concern of wise men to retrench the evils of life by the reasonings of philosophy, it is the employment of fools to multiply them by the sentiments of superstition.
Page 5 - The golden zones of heaven; to some she gave To weigh the moment of eternal things, Of time, and space, and fate's unbroken chain, And will's quick impulse; others by the hand She led o'er vales and mountains, to explore What healing virtue swells the tender veins Of herbs and flowers...
Page 17 - Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Ed-ward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV...
Page 13 - Sibyls, that fore- bodes and prophefies from one end of the year to the other. She is always feeing apparitions and hearing death-watches ; and was the other day almoft frighted out of her wits by the great houfe-dog, that howled ia the liable at a time when me lay ill of the tooth-ach.
Page 14 - Though I know neither the time nor the manner of the death I am to die, I am not at all solicitous about it; because I am sure that he knows them both, and that he will not fail to comfort and support me under them.