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The Description and Use

III. Of the Poetical Rifng and Setting ofthe Stars.

cosmicai, The Ancient Poets make frequent Men-"'endiidhi t" 1011 ^ Stars anc ^ Setting, either

ed Rising Cofmically, Acronically, or Heliacally ; whenceing. Se *~ these Distinctions are called Poetical.

A Star is said to Rife or Set Cofmically ,when it rises or sets at Sun-rising; and whenit rises or sets at Sun-setting, it is said torise or set Acronically. A Star rises Helia-cally , when it first becomes visible, after ithad been so near the Sun as to be hid bythe Splendor of his Rays: And a Star issaid to set Heliacally , when ’tis first im-mersed, or hid by the Sun’s Rays.

The Fixed Stars, and the three superiorPlanets, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, rifeHeliacally in the Morning: but the Moonrises Heliacally in the Evening; because theSun is swifter than the superior Planets, andflower than the Moon.

IV. Of the Surface of the Earth, consideredas it is composed of Land and Water.

The Earth consists naturally of twoParts, Land and Water; and thereforeit is called the Terraqueous Globe. Eachof these Elements are subdivided into

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