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# Title: Nicolai Mercatoris Holsati, è Soc. Reg. Institutionum Astronomicarum Libri Duo, De Motu Astrorum Communi & Proprio, Secundum Hypotheses Veterum & Recentiorum præcipuas; Deqve Hypotheseon ex observatis constructione (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 63)
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CaP. E.
AASTRONOMTA.
Praecetea Tunr alii quoque paralleli spatio distanres, quanto
Dpus est, ut maxima dies augeatur horx quadrante de pa-
rallelo in parallelum. Cum enim sub ipso Aquatore, ubi
ambo poli in PIOriZONLeM PTOCHMBHNE, DExPETMU BE
aequinoctium, quod Horizon ili ee AEquatorem d urrum-
que Fropicum, omnesque adeo parallelos diurnos xequalirer
bisecet, uc quemcunque Sol parallelum decurrar, tancundem
remporis moretur supra Horizontem; quantum intra: S
recedas inde versus alterurrum polum, ita ue eleverur Me
quidem, de deprimatur ilte; cum vero Tropicus, qui est
Polo elerato vicinior, majori cui parre extabit supra Hori-
zoncem; unde necesse est, Solem, dum in eo verlatur,
diucius morari supra Horizonrem, quam intra, atque (IC
lonsior eradic dies Colsticialis, quam 22 horarum: Dico
roicur, si quo cerrae loco excessus diei Coltirialis Tupra 12
horas sic unius horx quadrantis, cum locum licum esse sulo
erimo parallelo; si dimidiam horam implear icte exceMus.
locum esse sub secundo parallelo, vel quod idem valet, luto
primmo elimace. Ouemadmodum enim paralleli quadraneis
horx, ita climata semihorae augmemris distinguuNEur, uE
nimirum media parallelus aliquis dividat, extrema urrinque
bini paralleli limirent. Poreit aurem iste excessus diei (0l-
stirialis supra r2 horas elerato masis masisque polo auseri
continuo, donec pervenias ad polarem circulum; ibi enim
cropicus unico puncto Horizonrem ransens torus supra eun-
dem eminers unde tic uc Sol eum decurrendo non occidat,
led cerrro suo Florizoncem perstrinsens describac diem 24
horarum. Acqui 24 horarum dies excedir aequinoctialem
aliem horis 12, id est 24 semihoris, vel 48 hora qua-
drantibus. Unde conficicur candem, numerum eliatum
ab requinoctiali usque ad volarem circulum esse 24, e Pa-
rallelorum 48. Duamvis aurem haec sele ira habeane, 1a-
men veceres elima primum posuerune non eo loco, quo dies
Solpicialis est horarum r2 cum semisse, Pieur oporruiset;
sed omillo, nescio quare, primo climare rncurali, volue.
runc primi elimacis medium parallelum rrantire per Meroen
intula