Treeby, S: Elements of Astronomy -

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Excerpt from The Elements of Astronomy: With Methods for Determining the Longitudes, Aspects, &C. Of the Planets for Any Future Time; And an Extensive Set of Geographical and Astronomical Problems on the Globes, Designed for the Use of Schools and Junior Students The problems to be performed by the globes, will be found particularly adapte'd to the study of that pie ing, interesting, and instructive department of edu cation; among them is the manner of solution of the problem for determining the time of diaries! Twilight, being in no other work extant: the solution of this problem has caused mathematicians much trouble, and has been the cause of acrimonious altercations among them. 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.