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Mt-A88, with the Names of allW * ° mfs finely engraven in Words atfo]]„ 5 ‘ The Circles of the Snhere are as‘*Q\v

Equinoctial, which divides the^ ilf ln ^° <:wo harts, viz. the Northernbe c e Southern Hemisphere ; and is so call’d,it, ^ e _tvhen the Sun comes to pass over%d does twice every Year) the Days^hts are then equal. This Circle is4f Ce ^ iuto 360 Degrees, call’d the Right^ l ° n of the Sun or Stars.

^ stl> ps„l c is that great Circle which

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^ the apparent annual Path of the

< r ° u gh the Heavens. It is dividedQ f e fiual Parts call’d Signs , consistingdegrees each; whose Names and

x. Aries-, the

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ers are as follows . _fn \ ^' 2. Taurus, the Bull, a; 3. 6s-he 5 6 ^ w ins, n • 4. Cancer, the Crab, as *»!,* Lion, a ; 6. Virgo , the Vir-

^ ’ 7 - Libra , the Scales, — , — 1 ,

° r Pion, m • q. Sagittarius , the Row-h, > to. Capricorn , the horned Goat, fe-;

the Waterer, w ; 12. Pisces .,^ X. The Ecliptic intersects the\^r a C ^in the Beginning of Aries and111 a n Angle of 23 Degrees, 29-

' Ih this Circle the Longitude of

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