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Excerpt from The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy, Vol. 2: In a Continued Survey of the Works of Nature and Art
With a very good Will, Cleoniem; and on that Point I'll again Rick on the folar Patch, which I fet to the Meridian, and the hour-index to the Hour of XII, fof the Noon of that Day. I now obferve the Sun's Meridian Aititude is very great, being 62 Degrees, and his cen/ on 90 Degrees his Declination 13 now as it was before Soutb on the Ihortefi: Day. I fee the Tro pic of Cancer {hews the Sun's diurnal Path for that Day, and by turning the Globe Eaftward, when the Patch touches the' Horizon, I fee the Index fiand at III. 47' the Hour of the Sun' s/ing that Day. And again, when I bringthe Patch to the Weflern Horizon, the Index points to the VIII I the Time of bis Setting that vening and his Amplitude of Rifing and Setting is now juf't' as much Northward, as it was Southward on the Ihortefi Day. Cleon. Very right, my' Eupbrofyng and here again you oh ferve alfo, that the Sun now rifes on the Hour in the Mom ing, as it (at on the Evening of the Ihorteft Day, and feta now at the Hour it did then rife: And moreover, that the Length of the Night now is equal to that find the Iongeit D'ay now is equal to the All which you fee is perfce'tiy agreeable to are two or three Problems more worth knowing, relating to the Sun, to be refolved on the Globe by the Qaadrant of Alti t'ua'e, which you fee is (crewed on to the Meridian, at the titude 'of 51 oiz. That of London. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
