Essays on several curious and useful subjects, in speculative and mix'd mathematicks : illustrated by a variety of examples (1740)
Simpson, Thomas, 1710-1761, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL · London : Printed by H. Woodfall, jun. for J. Nourse ... · leaf 326
vitate perpendicularly to the Surface of theEarth. Let ACDR, ^c. reprefent theEarth (whether under a ipherical oran oval Figure) AB, &c. its Axis con-iidered as abfolutely at reft, andR/> D ;z R the given Parallel of Lati-tude ; let CRS be perpendicular tothe Surface at R, R S the… … ( i62 ) leaving S, will begin, thro that Attraction and the Motion re-ceived from the Earths Rotation, to move in a Curve Line S;;,that may, v^ithout fenfible Error, be confidered as Part of anEilipiis, formed by ihe Interfeclion of the Conical SurfaceCK?iDp produced, and a Plane paffing through S…
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-401-278.webp)
![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-338-229.webp)
