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

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              ſcending towards the right, in the point F. </s>
              <s>What I have
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              therto ſaid, being underſtood, I believe that there remains no
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              difficulty in conceiving how ſrom the paſſing of the terminator of
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              the Solar Hemiſpheres by the Poles of the Suns converſion, or
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              neer or far from the ſame, do ariſe all the differences in the
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              rent courſes of the ſpots; ſo that by how much the more thoſe Poles
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              ſhall be remote from the ſaid terminator, by ſo much the more ſhall
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              thoſe courſes be incurvated, and leſſe oblique; whereupon at
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              the ſame diſtance, that is, when thoſe Poles are in the ſection of
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              the Meridian, the incurvation is reduced to the greateſt, but the
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              obliquity to the leaſt, that is to
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              Æquilibrium,
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              as the ſecond of
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              theſe three laſt figures [
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              viz. </s>
              <s>Fig.
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              5.] demonſtrateth. </s>
              <s>On the
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              contrary, when the Poles are in the terminator, as the firſt of
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              theſe three figures [
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              viz. </s>
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              4.] ſheweth the inclination is at
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              the greateſt, but the incurvation at the leaſt, and reduced to
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              rectitude. </s>
              <s>The terminator departing from the Poles, the curvity
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              begins to grow ſenſible, the obliquity all the way encreaſing,
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              and the inclination growing leſſer.</s>
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              The firſt
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              cident to be
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              ved in the motion
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              of the Solar ſpots;
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              and conſequently
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              all the reſt
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              ned.
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              <s>Theſe are thoſe admirable and extravagant mutations, that my
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              Gueſt told me would from time to time appear in the progreſſes
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              of the Solar ſpots, if ſo be it ſhould be true that the annual
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              tion belonged to the Earth, and that the Sun being conſtituted
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              in the centre of the Ecliptick, were revolved in it ſelf upon an
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              Axis, not erect, but inclined to the Plane of the ſaid
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              tick.</s>
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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>I do now very well apprehend theſe conſequences,
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              and believe that they will be better imprinted in my fancy, when
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              I ſhall come to reflect upon them, accommodating a Globe to
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              thoſe inclinations, and then beholding them from ſeveral
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              ces. </s>
              <s>It now remains that you tell us what followed afterwards
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              touching the event of theſe imaginary
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              The events
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              ing obſerved, were
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              anſwerable to the
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              predictions.
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>It came to paſſe thereupon, that continuing many
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              veral moneths to make moſt accurate obſervations, noting down
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              with great exactneſſe the courſes or tranſitions of ſundry ſpots at
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              divers times of the year, we found the events punctually to
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              reſpond to the predictions.</s>
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              <s>SAGR.
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              Simplicius,
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              if this which
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              Salviatus
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              ſaith be true; (nor
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              can we diſtruſt him upon his word) the
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              Ptolomeans
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              and
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              teleans
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              hadneed of ſolid arguments, ſtrong conjectures, and
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              well grounded experiments to counterpoiſe an objection of ſo
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              much weight, and to ſupport their opinion from its final
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              throw.</s>
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              <s>SIMP. </s>
              <s>Fair and ſoftly good Sir, for haply you may not yet
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              be got ſo far as you perſwade your ſelf you are gone. </s>
              <s>And
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              though I am not an abſolute maſter of the ſubject of that </s>
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