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Orrery, which is of a peculiarE elegant Structure, the Earth ia

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^ 1 ^ ant ^ rom P» w '^ be on the South Partr r face a /a an London, which suppose on the Earth’s4%d e For if TR be the Equator, then the$ ^ 380 London T b=z $i n 3.0', and its Complementto ' therefore g'p — hp == 47 0 — 38" 30' — '

"^ds the Distance of the present North Starr j °' 7),' , outh at that Time.

P ^oj e fly, The Circle EPA passing through bothjf^Co/ 4 ° the Ecliptic and Equator, will be the Solsa nd A the Solstitial Point, when the Axisistst to n points to P; but after 72 Years, when ithl\ Q lC r then the great Circle E QjB will be theand ® the Solstice, for the fame Reason.§ffie Y? the Equinottial Points (which are alwaysty 1 ®'Eit^ e S E^nt from the Solstices) must move in theJV t ‘ lr ° u gh the fame Arch, the fame Way, viz.

peptic Hence ’tis evident, all the Points of the

kj.tWj 0 m °ye backwards, or Westwards, through4^ ee ev ery 72 Years ; which Motion is said tok 1 «: i Ue Lnu a , and is contrary to the Order of the

? N r As the, ' " - • 1 ' ■ ' ■’ --

toXg U t nd tL ~ —, » ~ u.

f io, t ^ le Order of the Signs, viz. from Aries <y*

fy, ’ °f the p Gminl 5, &c. And this retrograde Mo-■Eststno*. ‘Ninoctial Points is call’d the Recejston of

I ^ other Motiqn, by which the Planets arethe Sun, is said to be in Confequentia, or

*°xes.

1 This Recession of the Equinoctial Points,

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pi re] es of Longitude by which they

to^^Parent w h°le Ecliptic, is the Cause of thelf e „ hie s Bt _ potion of the Fixed Stars forwards ; for

...-iiYshiftine; back-

\ a to Ecliptic are ponpnu J w ith

Sta«, vrhich are m~o*'T ’ "thar is.< ICircles have -ft""/'""' tbe fait

°istt >"8>tudc, constantly “torea tno centi-

Thus all the Cotctellat ons d^ ^

y chaa ge their Places at the Rate afoi - VjrigM2

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