The mathematical and philosophical works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins ... to which is prefix'd the author's life, and an account of his works (1708)
Wilkins, John, 1614-1672, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress), George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) · London, Printed for J. Nicholson [etc.] · leaf 151
ations,when two Perfons ftall at the fame time, in feveralPlaces, obferve the Declination of any Cloud fromthe vertical Point. Or^, 2. which is the more eafieway, when a Man fhall chufe fuch a Station, wherehe _ may at fome difl:ance difcern the Place onwhich the Cloud doss caft its Shadow, and… … Where ^5.15 a perpindicular from the Cloud, C\the Station of him that meafures, D the Place where(he Shadow of the Cloud doesfall. I That the Moon may he a World. 1^9 The Inftrument being direaed from the S^uion C,to the Cloud at A,, the Perpendicular wiil Ihevv theAnale B A C. Then letting the Sun…
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