The schoole of skil containing two bookes: the first, of the sphere, of heauen, of the starres, of their orbes, and of the earth, &c. The second, of the sphericall elements, of the celestiall circles, and of their vses, &c. Orderly set forth according to art, with apt figures and proportions in their proper places, by Tho. Hill.
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The schoole of skil containing two bookes: the first, of the sphere, of heauen, of the starres, of their orbes, and of the earth, &c. The second, of the sphericall elements, of the celestiall circles, and of their vses, &c. Orderly set forth according to art, with apt figures and proportions in their proper places, by Tho. Hill.
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Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.
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At London :: Printed by T. Iudson, for W. Iaggard,
1599.
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Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
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"The schoole of skil containing two bookes: the first, of the sphere, of heauen, of the starres, of their orbes, and of the earth, &c. The second, of the sphericall elements, of the celestiall circles, and of their vses, &c. Orderly set forth according to art, with apt figures and proportions in their proper places, by Tho. Hill." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03380.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2025.
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COleine and Marburge do differ in the only longitude: for the longitude of Coleyne is of 23. degrées, and 28. scruples, the longitude of Margburge hath 25. degrées, and 45. minutes. The latitude of either (which agrée) is of 51. degrees, and no minutes. The difference of lon∣gitudes is of 2. degrées, and 17. minutes. The miles an∣swering to one degrée (drawn in that Parallell by the Ze∣nith of the Cities giuen) are 9. miles, and 26. scruples, as may appeare in the former table. But séeing no minutes depend to the latitude, the 9. miles, and 26. minutes are to bee multiplied by the difference of the longitudes: that is, the 2. degrées, and 17. minutes, in this manner: say∣ing
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twice 9. doe make 18. miles, twice 29. are 52. mi∣nutes of miles, nine times 28. doe make 152. minutes of miles, and seauentéene times 26. are 442. secondes of miles: which secondes and minutes deuided by 60. doe make thrée miles, 32. minutes and 22. seconds. These added vnto the 18. miles, declare the distance of Coleyne and Margburge, to bee of 21. Germaine miles, and a halfe.
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