Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667

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                gr.
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                m.
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                gr.
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                Reinhold.
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                <cell>Polar altit.</cell>
                <cell>51</cell>
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                <cell>Altit. of the Star</cell>
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                Hainzel.
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                Camerar.
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                <cell>Polar altit.</cell>
                <cell>52</cell>
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                <cell>Altit. of the Star</cell>
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                Hagecius
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              <s>Of the remaining combinations that might be made of the
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              ſervations of all theſe Aſtronomers, thoſe that make the Stars
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              lime to an infinite diſtance, are many in number, namely, about
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              30. more than thoſe who give the Star, by calculation, to be
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              low the Moon; and becauſe (as it was agreed npon between us) it
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              is to be believed that the Obſervators have erred rather little than
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              much, it is a manifeſt thing that the corrections to be applied to
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              the Obſervaations, which make the ſtar of an infinite altitude, to
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              reduce it lower, do ſooner, and with leſſer amendment place it in
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              the Firmament, than beneath the Moon; ſo that all theſe applaud
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              the opinion of thoſe who put it amongſt the fixed Stars. </s>
              <s>You may
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              adde, that the corrections required for thoſe emendations, are
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              much leſſer than thoſe, by which the Star from an unlikely
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              mity may be removed to the height more favourable for this
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              thour, as by the foregoing examples hath been ſeen; amongſt
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              which impoſſible proximities, there are three that ſeem to remove
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              the Star from the Earths centre, a leſſe diſtance than one
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              ameter, making it, as it were, to turn round under ground, and
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              theſe are thoſe combinations, wherein the Polar altitude of one
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              of the Obſervators being greater than the Polar altitude of the
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              other, the elevation of the Star taken by the firſt, is leſſer than the
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              elation of the Star taken by the latter.</s>
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              <s>The firſt of theſe is this of the
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              Landgrave
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              with
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              Gemma,
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              where the Polar altitude of the
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              Landgrave 51 gr. </s>
              <s>18 min.
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              is
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              greater than the Polar altitude of
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              Gemma,
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              which is 50
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              gr. </s>
              <s>50 m.
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              But the altitude of the Star of the
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              Landgrave 79 gr. </s>
              <s>30 min.
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              is leſſer than that of the Star, of
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              Gemma 79 gr. </s>
              <s>45 min.
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