Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 1: Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age
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Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 1: Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age
Natural history; Science -- Early works to 1800; Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800
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| | Sun in | Sun in | Sun in |
| Lat. | ♈ ♎ | ♋ | ♑ |
+------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| 0 | 20000 | 18341 | 18341 |
| 10 | 19696 | 20290 | 15834 |
| 20 | 18794 | 21737 | 13166 |
| 30 | 17321 | 22651 | 10124 |
| 40 | 15321 | 23048 | 6944 |
+------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| 50 | 12855 | 22991 | 3798 |
| 60 | 10000 | 22773 | 1075 |
| 70 | 6840 | 23543 | 000 |
| 80 | 3473 | 24673 | 000 |
| 90 | 0000 | 25055 | 000 |
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Those that desire more of the Nature of this Problem, as to the Geometry
thereof, would do well to compare the XIII. _Prop. Cap. V._ of the
Learned Treatise, _De Calculo Centri Gravitatis_, by the Reverend Dr.
_Wallis_, Published _Anno 1670_.
From this Rule there follow several Corollaries worth Note: As I. That
the Æquinoctial Heat, when the Sun comes Vertical, is as twice the
Square of _Radius_, which may be proposed as a Standard to compare with,
in all other Cases. II. That under the Æquinoctial, the Heat is as the
_Sine_ of the Sun's Declination. III. That in the Frigid Zones when the
Sun sets not, the Heat is as the Circumference of a Circle into the
_Sine_ of the Altitude at 6. And consequently, that in the same Latitude
these Aggregates of Warmth, are as the _Sines_ of the Sun's
Declinations; and in the same Declination of _Sol_, they are as the
_Sines_ of the Latitude, and generally they are as the _Sines_ of the
Latitude into the _Sines_ of Declination. IV. That the Æquinoctial Days
Heat is every where as the Co-sine of the Latitude. V. In all places
where the Sun sets, the difference between the Summer and Winter Heats,
when the Declinations are contrary, is equal to a Circle into the _Sine_
of the Altitude at six in the Summer Parallel, and consequently those
differences are as the _Sines_ of Latitude into, or multiplied by the
_Sines_ of Declination. VI. From the Table I have added, it appears,
that the Tropical Sun under the Æquinoctial, has, of all others, the
least Force. Under the Pole it is greater than any other Days Heat
whatsoever, being to that of the Æquinoctial as 5 to 4.
From the Table and these Corollaries may a general _Idea_ be conceived
of the Sum of all the Actions of the Sun in the whole Year, and that
part of the Heat that arises simply from the Presence of the Sun be
brought to a Geometrical Certainty: And if the like could be performed
for Cold; which is something else than the bare Absence of the Sun, as
appears by many Instances, we might hope to bring what relates to this
part of _Meteorology_ to a perfect Theory.
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