Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2권The Society, 1790 List of fellows in v. 1-5, 7-16, 20-30, 32-33, 35-41, 45; continued since 1908 in the Proceedings, v. 28- |
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... calculating the places of the fun and moon * . The manner in which thefe rules were laid down Mem . de l'Acad . des Sciences , tom . 8. p . 281. & c , down , rendered the principles , on which they were 136 REMARKS on the.
... calculating the places of the fun and moon * . The manner in which thefe rules were laid down Mem . de l'Acad . des Sciences , tom . 8. p . 281. & c , down , rendered the principles , on which they were 136 REMARKS on the.
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... calculation as the celebrated CASSINI , to ex- plain the meaning of this curious fragment . After that pe- riod ... calculating eclipfes of the fun and moon , and communicated to him the tables and rules , that are publifhed in the ...
... calculation as the celebrated CASSINI , to ex- plain the meaning of this curious fragment . After that pe- riod ... calculating eclipfes of the fun and moon , and communicated to him the tables and rules , that are publifhed in the ...
138 페이지
... calculations , and examining the reafonings . in it , with the moft fcrupulous attention . The refult was , an entire conviction of the accuracy of the one , and of the ... calculation of certain changes in the heavens 138 REMARKS on the.
... calculations , and examining the reafonings . in it , with the moft fcrupulous attention . The refult was , an entire conviction of the accuracy of the one , and of the ... calculation of certain changes in the heavens 138 REMARKS on the.
139 페이지
... calculations must be performed . The Brahmin , seating himself on the ground , and arranging his fhells before him , repeats the enigmatical verses that are to guide his calculation , and from his little tablets of palm leaves , takes ...
... calculations must be performed . The Brahmin , seating himself on the ground , and arranging his fhells before him , repeats the enigmatical verses that are to guide his calculation , and from his little tablets of palm leaves , takes ...
141 페이지
... calculation . The names and emblems by which thefe figns are expreffed , are nearly the fame as with us ; and as there is nothing in the nature of things to have determined this coin- cidence , it must , like the arrangement of the days ...
... calculation . The names and emblems by which thefe figns are expreffed , are nearly the fame as with us ; and as there is nothing in the nature of things to have determined this coin- cidence , it must , like the arrangement of the days ...
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259 페이지 - Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven : And that his soul may be as damn'd, and black, As hell, whereto it goes.
258 페이지 - Of thinking too precisely on the event, A thought which quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, I do not know Why yet I live to say ' This thing's to do;' Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do't.
256 페이지 - I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love, Make up my sum.
261 페이지 - Whose blood and judgment are so well co-mingled That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
139 페이지 - ... than the determination of a meridian line, or the length of the day at the place of his residence. This astronomy, as exhibited in their tables, presents three principal objects : 1. Tables and rules for computing the places of the sun and moon. 2. Tables and rules for calculating the places of the planets. 3. Rules for determining the phases of eclipses. The Indian astronomers, like all others, have distinguished that portion of the heavens in which the motions of the sun, the moon, and planets...
27 페이지 - ... or elfe, if the refiftance of the containing body exceed the expanfive force of the ice, or of water in the aft of freezing, then, by preventing the expanfion, it will prevent the freezing, and the water will remain fluid, whatever the degree of cold may be.
234 페이지 - The poor, forsaken, royal little ones! Shall they be left a prey to savage power ? Can they lift up their harmless hands in vain, Or cry to Heaven for help, and not be heard ? Impossible ! O gallant, generous Hastings, Go on, pursue!
164 페이지 - The obliquity of the ecliptic is another element in which the Indian astronomy and the European do not agree, but where their difference is exactly such as the high antiquity of the former is found to require. The Brahmins make the obliquity of the ecliptic 24°. Now, M. De La Grange's formula for the variation of the obliquity gives 22...
177 페이지 - Stella, is ftrongly marked with that enthufiaftic fentiment and refined fenfibility, which, in the Sorrows of Werter, he has fo warmly indulged ; and in point of immoral effect, the drama is equally reprehenfible with the novel.
52 페이지 - WE mult therefore admit, either that VIRGIL had loft his fenfes, or, which is more probable, that, in fending ENEAS and the Sybil through the ivory gate, he intended no farcaftic reflection either on his country or on his poetry. In a word, we muft admit, that, in this part of his fable, he was juft as much in earneft as in any other ; and that there was no more joke in ENEAS'S afcent through the gate of ivory, than in his defcent through the cave of Avernus.