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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
OF the Solar System, as seen from the Sun
Of the Celestial Signs and Constellations
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Of the Planets, as seen from the Sun..........
Of the Paths of the Planets
Of the Motion of the Planets round their Axis....
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10
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12
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Of the Phenomena of the Heavens, as seen from the Earth.. 16
Of the new Planets, Ceres and Pallas, &c.
Of the apparent Motion of the Sun, arising from the Earth's
An Explanation of the Phenomena which arise from the
Motion of the Earth, and of the inferior Planets, Mercury
and Venus
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Of the inferior Planets......
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100
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Of the retrograde, direct, and stationary Motion of Venus
Of the direct, stationary, and retrograde Motion of the su-
Herschel, on the Construction of the Universe, &c.
Of Comets
Of the tellescopic Appearance of the Planets........
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141
143
149
167
2. To find the difference of Longitude between any two
Places
209
PROB.
3. To find all those Places where it is noon at any given
Hour of the Day, in any given Place
210
4. When it is Noon at any Place, to find what Hour it is at
any other Place.
211
5. At any given Hour where you are, to find the Hour at a
7. To find all those Places which have the same Latitude with
any given place.....
215
8. To find the difference of Latitude between any two
.......... ibid.
9. The Latitude and Longitude being known, to find the
10. To find the Distance of one place from another ...... 225
Of Twilight
To rectify the Terrestrial Globe
11. To find the Angle of Position of Places.........
12. To find the Bearings of Places
Of the Diurnal Motion of the Earth .....
13. To rectify for the Summer Solstice
20. To find the Climates, of the Zones....
21. To illustrate the Distinction of Ascii, &c.
247
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22. To find the Anteci, &c.
250
23. To find those Places over which the Sun is vertical.... 251
26. To find the two Days on which the Sun is in the Zenith
of any given Place, &c.
255
27. To find where the Sun is vertical on a given day and
Hour.......
ibid.
28. At a given Time of the Day in one Place, to find at the
same Instant those Places where the Sun is rising, set-
ting, &c.
256
29. To find all those places within the Polar Circles, on which
the Sun begins to shine, &c...
257
30. To make Use of the Globes as a Tellurian
31. To rectify the Globe to the Latitude and Horizon of any
Place........
262
32. To rectify for the Sun's Place
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33. To rectify for the Zenith of any Place...
35. To place the Globe, when exposed to the Sun, that it may
38. To shew where the Sun will be twice on the same Azimuth
in the Morning, and twice in the Afternoon
43. Given the difference of Latitude, and difference of Longi-
283
286
287
291
tude, to find the Course and Distance sailed ...... 297
44. Given the difference of Latitude and Course, to find the
difference of Longitude, and Distance sailed
.......
45. Given the difference of Latitude and Distance run, to
find the difference of Longitude, and Angle of the
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Course.
298 PROB.
46. Given the difference of Longitude and Course, to find the
difference of Latitude, and Distance sailed.......... 299
47. Given the Course and Distance, to find the difference of
Longitude and Latitude ......
310
48. To steer a Ship upon the Arch of a Great Circle, &c... 301
Of the Terrestrial Globe, mounted in the common Manner.. 303
1. To find the Latitude and Longitude of any given Place on
the Globe
304
2. To find the difference of Longitude between any two given
Places.....
3. To rectify the Globe for the Latitude, Zenith, aud Sun's
Place.....
305
4. The Hour of the Day at any Place being given, to find all
those on the Globe, where it is Noon, Midnight, or
any given hour at that time
5. The Hour of the Day at any Place being given, to find the
correspondent Hour (or what o'clock it is at that time)
in any other Place .........
.... 306
6. The Day of the Month being given, to find all those
Places on the Globe where the Sun will be vertical, or
in the Zenith, that Day
7. A. Place being given in the Torrid Zone, to find those two
Days of the Year on which the Sun will be vertical to
that Place.....
8. To find the Antæci, Periæci, and Antipodes of any given
Place...
9. To find at what Hour the Sun rises and sets any Day in
the Year, at any Place, and also upon what Point of
the Compass..
.309
10. To find the length of the Day and Night at any time of
the Year
11. To find the length of the longest or shortest Day, at any
Place upon the Earth
12. To find all those inhabitants to whom the Sun is this mo-
ment rising or setting, in their Meridian or Midnight.. 311
13. To find the beginning and end of Twilight
Of the Use of the Celestial Globe, mounted in the common
manner
314