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 62
ch ofthefe Hypothefes, in the Or- / // .^bit of Mars^ where e is up- e^:^:;^ ^wards of .09, will be about5 or 6 Minutes, and Jn theother planetary OrbitSj ac-cording to the Squares of theirExcentricities (in Parts oftheir own Semi-Axis) nearly;it alfo appears, that towardsthe Aphelion the… … ( so ) Having iliewn how much thefe two noted Hypothefes^^,(by many io much efteemed) differ from Truth, it may beproper to proceed now to give feme Examples of the pre-ceding Methods, whereby the F.robkm is more corredlyfolved, EXAMPLE I. LET the Excentricity of the propofed Orbit be tI, afthe…
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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-388-268.webp)
