Cosmographia, or, A view of the terrestrial and cœlestial globes in a brief explanation of the principles of plain and solid geometry applied to surveying and gauging of cask : the doctrine of primum mobile : with an account of the Juilan & Gregorian calendars, and the computation of the places of the sun, moon, and fixed stars ... : to which is added an introduction unto geography / by John Newton ...
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Cosmographia, or, A view of the terrestrial and cœlestial globes in a brief explanation of the principles of plain and solid geometry applied to surveying and gauging of cask : the doctrine of primum mobile : with an account of the Juilan & Gregorian calendars, and the computation of the places of the sun, moon, and fixed stars ... : to which is added an introduction unto geography / by John Newton ...
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Newton, John, 1622-1678.
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London :: Printed for Thomas Passinger ...,
1679.
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Geometry -- Early works to 1800.
Calendar -- Early works to 1800.
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
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"Cosmographia, or, A view of the terrestrial and cœlestial globes in a brief explanation of the principles of plain and solid geometry applied to surveying and gauging of cask : the doctrine of primum mobile : with an account of the Juilan & Gregorian calendars, and the computation of the places of the sun, moon, and fixed stars ... : to which is added an introduction unto geography / by John Newton ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52257.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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Proposition II.
The Diameter of a Circle being given to find the
Superficial Content.
As 1. to 78539; so is the Square of the Dia∣meter
given, to the Superficial Content required.
Example, Let the Diameter given be as before IB
13.25 the Square thereof is 175.5625 therefore.
As 1. to 78539: so 175.5625 to 137.88 the
Superficial Content of that Circle.
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