
On the Revolutions: Volume 2
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- COVER
- HALF TITLE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- TITLE PAGE OF THE FIRST EDITION
- FOREWORD
- LETTER OF NICHOLAS SCHONBERG
- PREFACE
- NICHOLAS COPERNICUS' REVOLUTIONS Book One
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 THE UNIVERSE IS SPHERICAL
- 2 THE EARTH TOO IS SPHERICAL
- 3 HOW EARTH FORMS A SINGLE SPHERE WITH WATER
- 4 THE MOTION OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES IS UNIFORM, ETERNAL, AND CIRCULAR OR COMPOUNDED OF CIRCULAR MOTIONS
- 5 DOES CIRCULAR MOTION SUIT THE EARTH? WHAT IS ITS POSITION?
- 6 THE IMMENSITY OF THE HEAVENS COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF THE EARTH
- 7 WHY THE ANCIENTS THOUGHT THAT THE EARTH REMAINED AT REST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE AS ITS CENTER
- 8 THE INADEQUACY OF THE PREVIOUS ARGUMENTS AND A REFUTATION OF THEM
- 9 CAN SEVERAL MOTIONS BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE EARTH? THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
- 10 THE ORDER OF THE HEAVENLY SPHERES
- 11 PROOF OF THE EARTH'S TRIPLE MOTION
- 12 STRAIGHT LINES SUBTENDED IN A CIRCLE
- 13 THE SIDES AND ANGLES OF PLANE RECTILINEAR TRIANGLES
- 14 SPHERICAL TRIANGLES
- NICHOLAS COPERNICUS' REVOLUTIONS Book Two
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 THE CIRCLES AND THEIR NAMES
- 2 THE OBLIQUITY OF THE ECLIPTIC, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TROPICS, AND THE METHOD OF DETERMINING THESE QUANTITIES
- 3 THE ARCS AND ANGLES OF THE INTERSECTIONS OF THE EQUATOR, ECLIPTIC, AND MERIDIAN
- THE DERIVATION OF THE DECLINATION AND RIGHT ASCENSION FROM THESE ARCS AND ANGLES, AND THE COMPUTATION OF THEM
- 4 FOR EVERY HEAVENLY BODY SITUATED OUTSIDE THE ECLIPTIC, PROVIDED THAT THE BODY'S LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE KNOWN, THE METHOD OF DETERMINING ITS DECLINATION, ITS RIGHT ASCENSION, AND THE DEGREE OF THE ECLIPTIC WITH WHICH IT REACHES MID-HEAVEN
- 5 THE INTERSECTIONS OF THE HORIZON
- 6 THE DIFFERENCES IN NOON SHADOWS
- 7 HOW TO DERIVE FROM ONE ANOTHER THE LONGEST DAY, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SUNRISES, AND THE INCLINATION OF THE SPHERE
- THE REMAINING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DAYS
- 8 THE HOURS AND PARTS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT
- 9 THE OBLIQUE ASCENSION OF THE DEGREES OF THE ECLIPTIC
- HOW TO DETERMINE WHAT DEGREE IS AT MID-HEAVEN WHEN ANY DEGREE IS RISING
- 10 THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE ECLIPTIC INTERSECTS THE HORIZON
- 11 THE USE OF THESE TABLES
- 12 THE ANGLES AND ARCS OF THOSE CIRCLES WHICH ARE DRAWN THROUGH THE POLES OF THE HORIZON TO THE ECLIPTIC
- 13 THE RISING AND SETTING OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES
- 14 THE INVESTIGATION OF THE PLACES OF THE STARS, AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE FIXED STARS IN A CATALOGUE
- NICHOLAS COPERNICUS' REVOLUTIONS Book Three
- 1 THE PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES AND SOLSTICES
- 2 HISTORY OF THE OBSERVATIONS PROVING THAT THE PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES AND SOLSTICES IS NOT UNIFORM
- 3 HYPOTHESES BY WHICH THE SHIFT IN THE EQUINOXES AS WELL AS IN THE OBLIQUITY OF THE ECLIPTIC AND EQUATOR MAY BE DEMONSTRATED
- 4 HOW AN OSCILLATING MOTION OR MOTION IN LIBRATION IS CONSTRUCTED OUTOF CIRCULAR [MOTIONS]
- 5 PROOF OF THE NONUNIFORMITY IN THE PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES AND IN THE OBLIQUITY
- 6 THE UNIFORM MOTIONS OF THE PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES AND OF THE INCLINATION OF THE ECLIPTIC
- 7 WHAT IS THE GREATEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE UNIFORM AND THE APPARENT PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES?
- 8 THE INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE MOTIONS, AND A TABLE EXHIBITING THOSE DIFFERENCES
- 9 REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF THE DISCUSSION OF THE PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES
- 10 WHAT IS THE GREATEST VARIATION IN THE INTERSECTIONS OF THE EQUATOR AND ECLIPTIC?
- 11 DETERMINING THE EPOCHS OF THE UNIFORM MOTIONS OF THE EQUINOXES AND ANOMALY
- 12 COMPUTING THE PRECESSION OF THE VERNAL EQUINOX AND THE OBLIQUITY
- 13 THE LENGTH AND NONUNIFORMITY OF THE SOLAR YEAR
- 14 THE UNIFORM AND MEAN MOTIONS IN THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE EARTH'S CENTER
- 15 PRELIMINARY THEOREMS FOR PROVING THE NONUNIFORMITY OF THE SUN'S APPARENT MOTION
- 16 THE SUN'S APPARENT NONUNIFORMITY
- 17 EXPLANATION OF THE FIRST AND ANNUAL SOLAR INEQUALITY, TOGETHER WITH ITS PARTICULAR VARIATIONS
- 18 ANALYSIS OF THE UNIFORM MOTION IN LONGITUDE
- 19 ESTABLISHING THE POSITIONS AND EPOCHS FOR THE SUN'S UNIFORM MOTION
- 20 THE SECOND AND TWOFOLD INEQUALITY IMPOSED ON THE SUN BY THE SHIFT OF THE APSIDES
- 21 HOW LARGE IS THE SECOND VARIATION IN THE SOLAR INEQUALITY?
- 22 HOW THE SOLAR APOGEE'S UNIFORM AND NONUNIFORM MOTIONS ARE DERIVED
- 23 DETERMINING THE SOLAR ANOMALY AND ESTABLISHING ITS POSITIONS
- 24 TABULAR PRESENTATION OF THE VARIATIONS IN THE UNIFORM AND APPARENT [SOLAR MOTIONS]
- 25 COMPUTING THE APPARENT SUN
- 26 THE NUCIITHEMERON, THAT IS, THE VARIABLE NATURAL DAY
- NICHOLAS COPERNICUS' REVOLUTIONS Book Four
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 THE HYPOTHESES CONCERNING THE LUNAR CIRCLES, ACCORDING TO THE BELIEF OF THE ANCIENTS
- 2 THE DEFECT IN THOSE ASSUMPTIONS
- 3 A DIFFERENT OPINION ABOUT THE MOON'S MOTION
- 4 THE MOON'S REVOLUTIONS, AND THE DETAILS OF ITS MOTIONS
- 5 EXPOSITION OF THE FIRST LUNAR INEQUALITY, WHICH OCCURS AT NEW AND FULL MOON
- 6 VERIFICATION OF THE STATEMENTS ABOUT THE MOON'S UNIFORM MOTIONS IN LONGITUDE AND ANOMALY
- 7 THE EPOCHS OF THE LUNAR LONGITUDE AND ANOMALY
- 8 THE MOON'S SECOND INEQUALITY, AND THE RATIO OF THE FIRST EPICYCLE TO THE SECOND
- 9 THE REMAINING VARIATION, IN WHICH THE MOON IS SEEN MOVING NONUNIFORMLY AWAY FROM THE [FIRST] EPICYCLE'S HIGHER APSE
- 10 HOW THE MOON'S APPARENT MOTION IS DERIVED FROM THE GIVEN UNIFORM MOTIONS
- 11 TABULAR PRESENTATION OF THE LUNAR PROSTHAPHAERESES OR NORMALIZATIONS
- 12 COMPUTING THE MOON'S MOTION
- 13 HOW THE MOON'S MOTION IN LATITUDE IS ANALYZED AND DEMONSTRATED
- 14 THE PLACES OF THE MOON'S ANOMALY IN LATITUDE
- 15 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARALLACTIC INSTRUMENT
- 16 HOW THE LUNAR PARALLAXES ARE OBTAINED
- 17 A DEMONSTRATION OF THE MOON'S DISTANCES FROM THE EARTH, AND OF THEIR RATIO IN UNITS OF WHICH THE EARTH'S RADIUS = 1
- 18 THE DIAMETER OF THE MOON AND OF THE EARTH'S SHADOW AT THE PLACE WHERE THE MOON PASSES THROUGH IT
- 19 HOW TO DEMONSTRATE AT THE SAME TIME THE DISTANCES OF THE SUN AND MOON FROM THE EARTH, THEIR DIAMETERS, THE DIAMETER OF THE SHADOW WHERE THE MOON PASSES THROUGH IT, AND THE AXIS OF THE SHADOW
- 20 THE SIZE OF THESE THREE HEAVENLY BODIES, SUN, MOON, AND EARTH, AND A COMPARISON OF THEIR SIZES
- 21 THE APPARENT DIAMETER AND PARALLAXES OF THE SUN
- 22 THE MOON'S VARYING APPARENT DIAMETER AND ITS PARALLAXES
- 23 TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE EARTH'S SHADOW VARY?
- 24 TABULAR PRESENTATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SOLAR AND LUNAR PARALLAXES IN THE CIRCLE WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE POLES OF THE HORIZON
- 25 COMPUTING THE SOLAR AND LUNAR PARALLAX
- 26 HOW THE PARALLAXES IN LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER
- 27 CONFIRMATION OF THE ASSERTIONS ABOUT THE LUNAR PARALLAXES
- 28 THE MEAN CONJUNCTIONS AND OPPOSITIONS OF THE SUN AND MOON
- 29 INVESTIGATING THE TRUE CONJUNCTIONS AND OPPOSITIONS OF THE SUN AND MOON
- 30 HOW CONJUNCTIONS AND OPPOSITIONS OF THE SUN AND MOON AT WHICH ECLIPSES OCCU RMAY BE DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHERS
- 31 THE SIZE OF A SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSE
- 32 PREDICTING HOW LONG AN ECLIPSE WILL LAST
- NI.CHOLAS COPERNICUS' REVOLUTIONS Book Five
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 THE REVOLUTIONS AND MEAN MOTIONS [OF THE PLANETS
- 2 THE PLANETS' UNIFORM AND APPARENT MOTION, AS EXPLAINED BY THE THEORY OF THE ANCIENTS
- 3 GENERAL EXPLANATION OF THE APPARENT NONUNIFORMITY CAUSED BY THE EARTH'S MOTION
- 4 IN WHAT WAYS DO THE PLANETS' OWN MOTIONS APPEAR NONUNIFORM?
- 5 DERIVATIONS OF SATURN'S MOTION
- 6 THREE OTHER MORE RECENTLY OBSERVED OPPOSITIONS OF SATURN
- 7 ANALYSIS OF SATURN'S MOTION
- 8 DETERMINING SATURN'S PLACES
- 9 SATURN'S PARALLAXES ARISING FROM THE EARTH'S ANNUAL REVOLUTION, AND SATURN'S DISTANCE [FROM THE EARTH]
- 10 EXPOSITIONS OF JUPITER'S MOTION
- 11 THREE OTHER MORE RECENTLY OBSERVED OPPOSITIONS OF JUPITER
- 12 CONFIRMATION OF JUPITER'S UNIFORM MOTION
- 13 DETERMINING THE PLACES OF JUPITER'S MOTION
- 14 DETERMINING JUPITER'S PARALLAXES, AND ITS HEIGHT IN RELATION TO THE EARTH'S ORBITAL REVOLUTION
- 15 THE PLANET MARS
- 16 THREE OTHER RECENTLY OBSERVED OPPOSITIONS OF THE PLANET MARS
- 17 CONFIRMATION OF MARS' MOTION
- 18 DETERMINING MARS' PLACES
- 19 THE SIZE OF MARS' ORBIT IN UNITS WHEREOF THE EARTH'S ANNUAL ORBIT IS ONE UNIT
- 20 THE PLANET VENUS
- 21 THE RATIO OF THE EARTH'S AND VENUS' ORBITAL DIAMETERS
- 22 VENUS' TWOFOLD MOTION
- 23 ANALYZING VENUS' MOTION
- 24 THE PLACES OF VENUS' ANOMALY
- 25 MERCURY
- 26 THE PLACE OF MERCURY'S HIGHER AND LOWER APSIDES
- 27 THE SIZE OF MERCURY'S ECCENTRICITY, AND THE RATIO OF ITS CIRCLES
- 28 WHY MERCURY'S ELONGATIONS AT ABOUT THE SIDE OF A HEXAGON [ = 60°, FROM THE PERIGEE] LOOK BIGGER THAN THE ELONGATIONS OCCURRING AT PERIGEE
- 29 ANALYSIS OF MERCURY'S MEAN MOTION
- 30 MORE RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF MERCURY'S MOTIONS
- 31 DETERMINING MERCURY'S PLACES
- 32 AN ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNT OF APPROACH AND WITHDRAWAL
- 33 TABLES OF THE PROSTHAPHAERESES OF THE FIVE PLANETS
- 34 HOW TO COMPUTE THE LONGITUDINAL PLACES OF THESE FIVE PLANETS
- 35 THE STATIONS AND RETROGRADATIONS OF THE FIVE PLANETS
- 36 HOW THE TIMES, PLACES, AND ARCS OF RETROGRESSION ARE DETERMINED
- NICHOLAS COPERNICUS' REVOLUTIONS Book Six
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 GENERAL EXPLANATION OF THE FIVE PLANETS' DEVIATION IN LATITUDE
- 2 THE THEORY OF THE CIRCLES BY WHICH THESE PLANETS ARE MOVED IN LATITUDE
- 3 HOW MUCH ARE THE ORBITS OF SATURN, JUPITER, AND MARS INCLINED?
- 4 GENERAL EXPLANATION OF ANY OTHER LATITUDES OF THESE THREE PLANETS
- 5 THE LATITUDES OF VENUS AND MERCURY
- 6 VENUS' AND MERCURY'S SECOND LATITUDINAL DIGRESSION, DEPENDING ON THE INCLINATION OF THEIR ORBITS AT APOGEE AND PERIGEE
- 7 THE SIZE OF THE OBLIQUATION ANGLES OF BOTH PLANETS, VENUS AND MERCURY
- 8 THE THIRD KIND OF LATITUDE, WHICH IS CALLED THE "DEVIATION", IN VENUS AND MERCURY
- 9 COMPUTING THE LATITUDES OF THE FIVE PLANETS
- COMMENTARY
- ABBREVIATIONS OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED
- NOTES ON THE FRONT MATTER
- NOTES ON THE REVOLUTIONS
- INDEX OF PERSONS
- INDEX OF PLACES
- INDEX OF SUBJECTS
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