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Page 370
... inferior conjunc- tion . Again , when Mercury and Venus come to the situations H , K , they are again in the ... conjunction . Here it is evident that these two planets must appear twice in conjunction with the sun , in each revolution ...
... inferior conjunc- tion . Again , when Mercury and Venus come to the situations H , K , they are again in the ... conjunction . Here it is evident that these two planets must appear twice in conjunction with the sun , in each revolution ...
Page 379
... inferior conjunction with the sun , and has now moved to the westward of him , to make its appearance as the morning star . It now appears every succeeding day to move pretty rapidly from the sun to the westward , till it arrives at the ...
... inferior conjunction with the sun , and has now moved to the westward of him , to make its appearance as the morning star . It now appears every succeeding day to move pretty rapidly from the sun to the westward , till it arrives at the ...
Page 380
... inferior conjunction with the sun . Such are the general appearances which Venus pre- sents to the attentive eye of a common ob- server , the reasons of which will appear from the following figure and explanations . M L Fig . 11 . G ...
... inferior conjunction with the sun . Such are the general appearances which Venus pre- sents to the attentive eye of a common ob- server , the reasons of which will appear from the following figure and explanations . M L Fig . 11 . G ...
Page 381
... conjunction . The earth is here supposed to be placed at K ; and if it were ... inferior con- junction this planet may be seen . The fol- lowing is the ... inferior conjunction , I perceived the cres- cent of Venus by means of an ...
... conjunction . The earth is here supposed to be placed at K ; and if it were ... inferior con- junction this planet may be seen . The fol- lowing is the ... inferior conjunction , I perceived the cres- cent of Venus by means of an ...
Page 382
... conjunction , with a moderate magnifying power , when her geocentric latitudef at the time of conjunction exceeds 14 ... inferior conjunction , and a very short time before and after it , a circumstance which cannot be affirmed of any ...
... conjunction , with a moderate magnifying power , when her geocentric latitudef at the time of conjunction exceeds 14 ... inferior conjunction , and a very short time before and after it , a circumstance which cannot be affirmed of any ...
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