Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667
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              <s>And bringing back the Parallax 0
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              gr. </s>
              <s>8 m. </s>
              <s>30 ſec.
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              to 7
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              gr.
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              7
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              m.
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              whoſe ſine is 204, the ſtar elevateth to 30 ſemidiameters or
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              thereabouts; therefore the correction of 0
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              gr. </s>
              <s>1 mi. </s>
              <s>30 ſec.
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              doth
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              <s>Now let us ſee what correction is requiſite for the third
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              ing made upon the obſervations of
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              Hainzelius
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              and
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              Tycho,
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              which
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              rendereth the ſtar about 19 ſemidiameters high, with the
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              rallax of 10
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              m. </s>
              <s>pri.
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              The uſual angles and their ſines, and chord
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              found by the Authour, are theſe next following; and they
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              move the ſtar (as alſo in the Authours working) 19
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              meters from the centre of the Earth. </s>
              <s>It is neceſſary therefore for
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              the raiſing of it, to diminiſh the Parallax according to the Rule
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              which he likewiſe obſerveth in the ninth working. </s>
              <s>Let us
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              fore ſuppoſe the Parallax to be 6
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              m. </s>
              <s>prim.
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              whoſe ſine is 175, and
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              the diviſion being made, there is found likewiſe leſſe than 31
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              ſemidiameters for the ſtars diſtance. </s>
              <s>And therefore the
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              on of 4
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              min. </s>
              <s>prim.
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              is too little to ſerve the Authours
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