Cyclopædia
Assuming retrogradation is required, and sun is required, the following 4 results were found.
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ARCHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCH
ARCH, ARK, Arcus, a part of any curved line; e.g., of a circle, ellipse, or the like. See CURVE. An arc of a circle is a part of the circumference thereof, less than a half, or semicircle—Such is AB (Tab. Geometry, fig. 27) See CIRCLE and CIRCUMFERENCE....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ERRATAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php?view=article&id=3:ERRATA&catid=1209640500
1. insert Fig. 27. Reduction of a Figure, line 11. for Fig. 64. read Fig. 65. Refraction, line 9. for B, read F. Retrogradation of the Sun, line 2. for AN, read AM. Rhomb, Article 1. insert Fig. 19. Screw, Art. IV. for to be applied in K, read to be...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge
1 METEOROLOGY, or the History of AIR and ATMOSPHERE: including, 1°, that of its Contents, Æther,Fire,Vapour, Exhalation, &c. 2°, Meteors form'd therein, as Cloud, Rain, Shower, Drop, Snow, Hail, Dew, Damp, &c. Rainbow, Parhelion, Halo, Thunder, Water-...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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Astronomyhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy
ASTRONOMY, or the Doctrine of the HEAVENS ; Their Circles, Ecliptic, Zodiack, Meridian, Equator, Vertical, Azimuth. Galaxy, &c. Points, as Pole, Zenith, Nadir, &c. Celestial Bodies, viz. Stars, Sun, &c. Assemblage thereof, into Sign, Constellation, &c....
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