Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750)
Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. Old or antiquated spellings have been preserved. Typographical errors have been silently corrected.
Having found the Sun’s place in the ecliptic, bring the same to the meridian, and note the degree over it; then turning the globe round, all places that pass under that degree w...
10. Part 10The lamp turns round in the same time with the Earth, and by means of the glasses cast a strong light upon her; and when the smaller Earth and Moon are placed on, it will be eas...
2. Part 2I. The Planets are all _Opaque_ bodies, having no light but what they borrow from the Sun; for that side of them which is next towards the Sun, has always been observed to be il...
8. Part 8Let it be required to find when the Sun rises and sets at _London_ on the 20th of _April_. Rectify the globe for the latitude of _London_, and having found the Sun’s place corre...
9. Part 9The globe being kept in the same elevation, and from turning round its axis, move the wooden frame about until the North and South points of the horizon lie exactly in the merid...
5. Part 5The _Babylonians_ began their day at Sun-rising, and reckoned 24 hours ’till he rose again! This way of computation we call the _Babylonish Hours_. In several parts of _Germany_...
3. Part 3The motion of Comets in the Heavens, according to the best observations hitherto made, seem to be regulated by the same immutable law that rules the Planets; for their orbits ar...
4. Part 4There is also a little brass circle fixed upon this meridian, divided into 24 Hours, having an index moveable round the axis of the globe, to be turned to any particular Hour. T...
6. Part 68. A _Climate_ is a tract of the surface of the Earth, included between two such parallels of latitude, that the length of the longest day in the one exceeds that in the other b...
1. Part 1Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. Old or antiquated spellings have...
11. Part 11Let AB be an arch of the Earth’s orbit, and when the Earth is in T, let the Moon be in N, in conjunction with the Sun in S, while the Moon is describing her orbit NAFD, the Eart...
12. Part 12_l._ _s._ _d._ Variety of pocket cases of Drawing Instruments, } in Silver, from 3l. 3s. to 20 0 0 Ditto, in Brass, from 5s. to 5 5 0 Magazine Cases, in Silver, from 12l. to 150...