Volume 2

Matho, or, the cosmotheoria puerilis, a dialogue. In which the first principles of philosophy and astronomy are accommodated to the capacity of young persons ... / Translated, and enlarged by the author [A. Baxter].

  • Baxter, Andrew, 1686?-1750.
Date:
1745
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    forward with refpe& to the annual Courfe of 0 onference. the Earth, as the Earth itfelf is; a Gia M. IJ underftand; for fhe is now got-be- tween the Earth and the Sun. P. Therefore in about’ feven Days Time, befides moving at the rate of 1000 Miles eve- ry Minute, fhe hath gained upon the Earth nearly 240000 Miles, or the whole Semi diameter of her own Orbit, M., It is fo. P. But this is the Effect of a different pro- jectile Force ; in her own Orbit, to wit: For the Attra€tion of the Earth could not have brought her fo far forward. This Attraction (as has been faid) could only have drawn her 16 Feet in any Minute, and that toward the Center of the Earth: Whereas here (confider- ing her Motion as parallel to the Earth’s) fhe hath moved about 22 Miles ina Minute, over and abovethe 1s0o0, For 240000 Miles in . 7 Days g Hours comes much to this, M. Goon. This is plain. P. In moving on to the firft Quarter after the Conjun@tion, fhe is now got directly before the Earth in its annual Courfe, as about 14 or 15 Days before fhe was behind it: There- fore fhe has gained on the Earth another 240000 Miles. And inthis Part of her Orbit fhe moveson in the annual Courfe 1000 Miles mM