The Description and Use of Both the Globes, the Armillary Sphere, and Orrery: Exemplified in a Large and Select Variety of Problems in Astronomy, Geography, Dialling, Navigation, Spherical Trigonometry, Chronology, Etc. Also, a New Construction of Each Globe, by an Apparatus Exhibiting the Peænomena of the Earth and Heavens Exactly as They Are, and Adapting the Same to Every Age of the World |
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Geographical and Aftronomical Definitions | 25 |
The Ufe of the Celestial Globe in the Solution | 35 |
The Ufe of the Celestial Globe in the Solution | 51 |
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