Astronomia Britannica exhibiting the doctrine of the sphere, and theory of the planets decimally by trigonometry, and by tables : fitted for the meridian of London ... / by John Newton ...
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- Astronomia Britannica exhibiting the doctrine of the sphere, and theory of the planets decimally by trigonometry, and by tables : fitted for the meridian of London ... / by John Newton ...
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- Newton, John, 1622-1678.
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- London :: Printed for the author by R. and W. Leybourn, and are to be sold by Thomas Piercepoint ...,
- 1657.
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- Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
- Planetary theory -- Early works to 1800.
- Astronomy -- Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.
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Contents
- title page
- To the Right Honourable ROBERT Earl of WARWICK, Baron of LEES, &c.
- To the Courteous READER.
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The Contents of the severall Books or parts of
Astronomia Britannica. - The Preface.
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Astronomia
BRITANNICA: The first Book.-
CHAP. 1. To find the Suns greatest Declination, and the Poles Elevation. -
CHAP. 2. The Suns greatest Declination being given, to find his Declination in any point of the Ecliptique. -
CHAP. 3. How to find the Declination of a planet or fixed Star with Latitude. -
CHAP. 4. How to find the Right Ascension of any point of the Ecliptique. -
CHAP. 5. How to finde the Right Ascension of a Planet or other Star with Latitude. -
CHAP. 6. The Elevation of the Pole and Declination of the Sun given, to find his Amplitude. -
CHAP. 7. The Meridian Altitude and Declination of the Sun with the Poles Elevation given to finde his true place in the Zodiac. -
CHAP. 8. Having the Meridian Altitude of an unknown Star and the dist∣ance thereof from a known Star, to finde the Right As∣cension of the unknown Star. -
CHAP. 9. Having the Declination and Right ascension of a star given, to finde the longitude and latitude thereof. -
CHAP. 10. How to finde the Ascensionall Difference. -
CHAP. 11. How to find the Oblique Ascension or Descension of any point in the Ecliptique. -
CHAP. 12. The Poles Elevation and the Suns Declination being given, to finde his Altitude at any time assigned. -
CHAP. 13. Having the Suns greatest Declination, with his distance from the next Equinoctiall point, to find the Meridian angle or intersection of the Meridian with the Ecliptique. -
CHAP. 14. To find the angle of the Meridian with the Horizon. -
CHAP. 15. The Poles elevation, with the Suns Altitude and Declination gi∣ven, to find his Azimnth. -
CHAP. 16. How to erect a Figure of Heaven.- To find the Mid-heaven or Tenth House.
- To find the Cuspe of the 11 house.
- First, then for the 11 and 3 houses.
- For the 12 and 2 houses.
- For the Cuspe of the 11 house.
- For the 12 house.
- For the Cuspe of the Ascendant.
- For the Cuspe of the 2 house.
- For the Cuspe of the 3 house.
- Right Ascension of the Mid-heaven, 72. 82.
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CHAP. 17. To find the Angle of the Ecliptick with the Horizon, or the Altitude of the Nonagesime deg. together with its distance from the Mid-heaven. -
CHAP. 18. To find the Parallactical angle, or angle of the Ecliptique with the Verticall circle. -
CHAP. 19. The elevation of the Pole and Declination of the Sun given, to find the time when he will be due East and West. -
CHAP. 20 The Elevation of the Pole, with the Suns Declination and Al∣titude given, to find his distance from the Meridian. -
CHAP. 21. To find the time of the Suns rising and setting, with the length of the Day and Night. -
CHAP. 22. To find the distance of a star from the Meridian. -
CHAP. 23. To find the Elevation of the Pole above any circle of position. -
CHAP. 24. Of the Ark of Direction, what it is, and how to finde it. -
CHAP. 25. How to direct the Mid-heaven, and theImum Coeli. -
CHAP. 26. How to direct the Ascendent, or Significator posited in the Signes Ascending. -
CHAP. 27. How to direct a Significator posited in the Signes Descending. -
CHAP. 28. How to find the Arch of the Aequator, whereby is made the general Table of Positions. -
CHAP. 29. How by the general Table of Positions, to make a particular Table for any Latitude there exprest. -
CHAP. 30. Of the Doctrine of the Sphere in Tables.
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- title page
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Astronomia BRITANNICA:
The second Book. -
CHAP. 1. Of the year Civil and Astronomical. -
CHAP. 2. Of the figure which the planets describe in their Motion. -
CHAP. 3. Of the Lines and Method to be used for the finding of a Planets true longitude from the Aphelion in this figure. -
CHAP. 4. Of the proportion by which the motion of the Planets doe increase from the Aphelion to the Perihelion. -
CHAP. 5. Of the inequality of the Earths annual motion, and of the Diameter in which the Aphelion and Perihelion are placed. -
CHAP. 6. Of Stating the Earths middle motions by sundry observations. -
CHAP. 7. To calculate the Suns true place and distance from the Earth. -
CHAP. 8. Of the Aequation of Civil Dayes. -
CHAP. 9. Of the Theory and Motion of the Moon. -
CHAP. 10. To calculate the true Motion of the Moon by Tables. -
CHAP. 11. To finde the Moones true Latitude and place in the Ecliptick. -
CHAP. 12. Of the motion of the fixed Starres. -
CHAP. 13. Of the Motion of Saturne. -
CHAP. 14. Of the Motion ofJupiter. -
CHAP. 15. Of the Motion ofMars. -
CHAP. 16. Of the Motion ofVenus. -
The meane motions of
Venus. -
To finde the distance of
Venus from the Sun. - To finde the Reduction.
- To finde the present inclination.
- To finde the distance corrected by Curtation.
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To finde the second inequality of
Venus. -
To finde the distance of
Venus from the Earth. - To finde the latitude of Venus from the Earth.
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The meane motions of
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CHAP. 17. Of the Motion of Mercury.-
The middle motions of
Mercury. -
To finde the distance of
Mercury from the Sun. - To finde the Reduction.
- To finde the present inclination.
- To finde the distance corrected by Curtation.
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To finde the second inequality of
Mercury. -
To finde the distance of
Mercury from the Earth. -
To finde the Latitude of
Mercury from the Earth.
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The middle motions of
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CHAP. 18. Of the Semidiameters of the Sun, Moon, and shadow of the Earth. -
CHAP. 19. Of the Proportion and Magnitude of the three great bdies, the Sun, Moon and the Earth. -
CHAP. 20. Of the proportion between the Orbs of the superiour and inferiour Planets, and the Orb of the Earth.- The Arches of apparent motion from the
- The halfe of these arches are the measure
- The angles of Latitude at the Sun found are
- To find the angle of Inclination by the first observation, say
- To find the angle of Inclination by the second observation, say
- To find the angle of Inclination by the third observation, say
- For the latitude agreeing to the first observation
- For the latitude agreeing to the second observation
- For the latitude agreeing to the third observation
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CHAP. 21. To find the mean Conjunction and Opposition of the Sun and Moon. -
CHAP. 22. To find the true Opposition or Conjunction of the Sun and Moon. -
CHAP. 23. To find whether there will be an Eclipse or not. -
CHAP. 24. To find the Quantity of a Lunar Ecclipse. -
CHAP. 25. To find the duration of a Lunar Ecclipse, or the continuance of the totall darknesse, where the Ecclipse is totall. -
CHAP. 26. To find the Moons Latitude at the beginning and end of the Eclipse. -
CHAP 27. To find the middle of the Eclipse or greatest darkenesse. -
CHAP. 28. Of the Calculation of the Suns Eclipse. -
CHAP. 29. To find the Parallaxes of Longitude and Latitude. -
CHAP. 30. To find the visible motion of the Moon from the Sun for any time assigned. -
CHAP. 31. To finde the time of the visible Conjunction of the Sun and Moon. -
CHAP. 32. To finde the visible Latitude of the Moon, at the time of the visible Conjunction. -
CHAP. 33. To find the quantity of a Solar Eclipse. -
CHAP. 34. To find the beginning and ending of the Suns Eclipse. -
CHAP. 35. To find the Visible latitude of the, Moon at the beginning and end of the Suns Eclipse. -
CHAP. 36. To Delineate the Eclipses▪ of the Sun and Moon. -
CHAP. 37. The use of the Table of Refractions.
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- addendum
- errata
- addendum
- title page
- A view of the more notable Epochae.