Astronomical tables with precepts, both in English and Latin, for computing the places of the sun, moon, planets, and comets (1752)
Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL · London : Printed for William Innys ... · leaf 78
o bedivided into a hundred parts. The eighth exhibits the equated times of the Perihe-lions for the Meridian of London and Julian Stile. The nii^h gives the Angles inthe planes of their Orbits intercepted between their Perihelions and afcending Nodes,by means whereof the calculus becomes fomewhat… … The ConJiruBion and Ufe of the General Table. AS the Planets move in elliptic Orbits, fo do the Comets (as tis faid) in para-bolic ones, having the Sun in their common Focus, and defcribe equal Areasin equal times. Now fince all Parabolas are fimilar Curves, therefore if any deter-minate part of…
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