10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBLIQUATION»
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obliquation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and ...
Having first noted all that, let us see how great an angle is comprehended by the
obliquation of the planes of either planet; and let us repeat what was said before:
each planet has 5° between its greatest and least distance (in latitude), so that ...
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History of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler
When both the earth and the planet are In the Ene a c the planet has no latitude,
but it will have some if in either of the two seniicireles gkf or fig, and this latitude is
called obliquation or reflexion. But when the earth is at b or d these latitudes in ...
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The Synonymous, Etymological, and Pronouncing English ...
Slope'ness, i. declivity, obliquity, obliquation, not perpendicularity. Slopc'wise, ud.
obliquely, with declivity, floping- ly, not perpendicularly. SlopvingJy, ad. obliquely,
slop twist. Slop'py, a. (slop) miry and wet ; perhaps rather flabby. See Slab.
William Perry (lecturer in the Academy at Edinburgh.), William Perry (of Kelso, Scotland.), Samuel Johnson, 1805
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Isaaci Newtoni Opera Quæ Exstant Omnia. Commentariis ...
... otherwise from the sine of incidence, LU w' I have sometimes observed, that
the colours which arise on po-lgzlaonlgclgf lished steel by heating it, or on bell-
metal, and some other me-Obliquation talline substances, when melted and
poured ...
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A Complete and Universal English Dictionary: Including Not ...
OBLIQUATION, s. [obliquatio, Lat] declination from straightness or
perpendicularity ; obliquity. * The change made by the obliquation of the eyes."
Newton. OBLIQUE, ob-lcek, a. [obliquus, Lat.] aslant ; not straight, or
perpendicular; indirect.
James Barclay, William Shorton, 1824
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A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...
OBLIQUATION, n. [L. obliquo, from ob- liquus, oblique.] 1 . Declination from a
strait line or course ; a turning to one side ; as, the obliquation of the eyes.
Neteton. 2. Deviation from moral rectitude. OBLI'QUE, \a. obli'ke. [L. obliquus; Fr.
OBLI'KE, ...
By an exception, in Mercury 1/16 of the obliquation is subtracted if the eccentric's
anomaly and its number are found in the upper part of the Table, or an equal
fraction is added if [the eccentric's anomaly and its number are found] in the lower
...
Nicolaus Copernicus, Jerzy Dobrzycki, 1978
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Nicholas Copernicus on the revolutions
By an exception, in Mercury Vio of the obliquation is subtracted if the eccentric's
anomaly and its number are found in the upper part of the Table, or an equal
fraction is added if [the eccentric's anomaly and its number are found] in the lower
...
Nicolaus Copernicus, Jerzy Dobrzycki, Edward Rosen, 1978
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American State Papers. The federalist: by Alexander ...
And that is the angle of inclination or obliquation between the orbital circle of
Mercury and the plane of the ecliptic. But it has been shown that around the
mean longitudes or quadrants the angle of inclination was 6°15'. Therefore 45'
have now ...
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, 1978
The initial point drops from north to south, "An alternative name was obliquation: “
They call this deviation of the planet the obliquation, but some call it the, reflexion
" (Th 4i8.z2-23)- l" D' ""Copernicus generally uses obliquation, but in the ...
