  CHAP. I. Of Astronomy in general. CHAP. II. A brief Description of the Solar System . CHAP. III. The COPERNICAN SYSTEM demonstrated to be true . CHAP. IV. The Phenomena of the Heavens as seen from different parts of the Earth. CHAP. V. The Phenomena of the Heavens as seen from different Parts of the Solar System. CHAP. VI. The Ptolemean System refuted. The Motions and Phases of Mercury and Venus explained. CHAP. VII. The physical Causes of the Motions of the Planets. CHAP. VIII. Of Light. It's proportional quantities on the CHAP. IX. The Method of finding the Distances of the Sun, Moon, and Planets. CHAP. X. The Circles of the Globe described. The different CHAP. XI. The Method of finding the Longitude by the Eclipses CHAP. XII. Of Solar and Sidereal Time. CHAP. XIII. Of the Equation of Time. CHAP. XIV. Of the Precession of the Equinoxes. CHAP. XV. The Moon's surface mountainous: Her Phases described: CHAP. XVI. The Phenomena of the Harvest-Moon explained by a CHAP. XVII. Of the ebbing and flowing of the Sea. CHAP. XIX. The Calculation of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. CHAP. XXI. Of the Division of Time. A perpetual Table of New CHAP. XXII. A Description of the Astronomical Machinery serving This book uses a number of astronomical symbols, including signs of the Zodiac (♈, ♉, ♊, ♋, ♌, ♍, ♎, ♏, ♐, ♑, ♒, ♓), and symbols for planets (☿, ♀, ⊕, ♂, ♃, ♄). If these characters do not display correctly, you may have to use an alternative font, such as Arial Unicode MS or DejaVu. The ORRERY, made by JAMES FERGUSON. N. 1. The Sun, 2. Mercury, 3. Venus, 4. The Earth, 5. The Moon, 6. The Sydereal Dial plate, 7. The Hour Circle, 8. ye Circle for ye. Moon’s Age, 9. The Moon’s Orbit, 10. ye Pointer, Shewing the Sun’s Place & Day of the Month, 11. The Ecliptic, 12. The Handle for turning ye whole machine J. Ferguson inv. et delin. G. Child. Sculp. ASTRONOMY |
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