The young gentleman's astronomy, chronology, and dialling ... / [Edward Wells].

  • Edward Wells
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[1712]
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Credit: The young gentleman's astronomy, chronology, and dialling ... / [Edward Wells]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Earth moving from v? to r, the Sun will feem to move from $ to and fo will appear in the Celeftia] Equator, and make Day and Night equal, as when the Earth was at the oppofite Point ^, for the like Rea- Tons. In like manner the Earth mo ving from r to h?, the Sun will feem to move from & to v?, where it is in its greatefl: fouthern Declination. And confequently at this Time’ of the Year, the like Ph£nomena will happen to the Inhabitants of the fouthern Hemifphere of the Earth, as happened to thofe of the northern Hemifphere, when the Earth was in vy ^ and the like Phenomena will be in the nor¬ thern Hemifphere, as were afore in the Southern. Having thus (hewn, that the fame Ph<enomena^ as to the Length of Day and Night, and fo as to the various Seafons of the Year, will arife from thz Annual Motion of the Earth round the Ecliptici\ as from that of the Sun, at the four Cardinal Points of the be- Uptick, viz- the two Equincffiaf and the two Solftitial Points ^ it is obvi¬ ous, that the fame Phenomena will likewife happen at any the intermedi- 8. The Au¬ tumnal E- quinox, and the Keafon of the Days being fhorteft at the IVinter S~olJli.ce, explained. 9■ The Solu¬ tion of the lil’e refpe- ttive Phe¬ nomena d* the inter¬ mediate Points of the Eclip- tick, u eafly to be inferred from what has been [aid.
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