 | Bernhardus Varenius - Geography - 1734 - 464 pages
...any Place, be it Naples or any where elfe, he is the Space of the Earth's Semidiameter more diftant from that Place than in his Meridian at Noon. Now...World and the Semidiameter of the Earth, which is near 4000 Miles, it follows, that the Sun muft be 3000 Miles and upwards nearer at Noon than at his... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1775 - 382 pages
...the fpace of the femidiameter ter of the earth more diftant from that place, than when he is in its meridian at noon. Now there being but an inconfiderable...the depth of the loweft valley in the world, and the femidiameter of the earth, (which is above 3600 miles) it follows, that the fun muft be 3000 miles... | |
 | John Jackson (Private teacher of the mathematics.) - Geographical recreations - 1821 - 140 pages
...fluid or substance, through which a ray of light can penetrate. the earth's semidiameter more distant from that place than in his meridian at noon. Now, there being but a very small proportion between the depth, of the lowest valley in the world and the earth's semidiameter,... | |
 | 1749 - 390 pages
...place, be it Naplts, or any where e'fe, he is, the fpace of the earth's femidiameter, more diftant from that place than in his meridian at noon. Now...inconfiderable proportion between the depth of the 1 ะพ welt valley in the world and the femidiameter of the earth, which is near 4000 mile?, it follows,... | |
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Semidiameter more diftant from that Place than in his Meridian at Noon. Now there being but an inconfiderable Proportion between the Depth of the loweft Valley in the World and the... 