ASTRONOMY

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Written by Ephraïm Chambers

Category: Astronomy

Created: 01 January 1728

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Astronomia, the Doctrine of the Heavens, and the Phenomena thereof. See HEAVEN.

Astronomy is properly a mix'd mathematical Science, whereby we become acquainted with the Cadestial Bodies, their Magnitudes, Motions, Distances, Periods, Eclipses, &c. See MATHEMATICKS.

Some understand the Word Astronomy in a more extensive Sense; including under it the Theory of the Universe, and the primary Laws of Nature &c. In which Sense it rather seems a Branch of Phystcks than of Mathematicks. See PHYSICKS, SYSTEM, NATURE, &c.

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