A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 100
e resolution of any question depended.Tor tliis purpose the whole circle of the heavenswas distributed into twelve parts or houses, byijreat circles drawn through the intersection ofthe horizon and meridian, and cutting the equa-tor in so many equal parts. The first house wasjilaced directly east,… … The remainder of the art consisted in accu-rately filHng the scheme by an observation, andthen framing from it an oracular response. At the revolution astrology declined ; and not-withstanding the labors of the immortal Par-tridge then, and those of Ebenezer Sibley, wliichin our own days fill two…
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