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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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A8TRONOMTA.
politam, vel ex eo cianifectum est, quod nonnili per Nori
lunia, seri curit Luna ipsi conjuncta est, deticiat. Quoc
aurem non in omni Novilunio deficiac, causa est Laricude
Lunx; quippe ob quam Luna aut supra ad BOream, au
intra ad Rustrum prxcereac, neque directe inter nosipsum
que Solem cransear, quod cum demum fic, quando Luminaria
verlanrur cirta eundem nodum; nec mulcum ulera dimidiur
lignum inde remori. Ncu mirum videatur cuiquarti, quam
obrem longe plures Lunxe, quam Solis Fcliples appareant:
erenim globus Lunae lonse minor elobo Perrx, minoren
quoque umbram jacie; e vicissim locus habicacionis nostra
muliominor est roro Lunx globo; ac proiride majorumbe
(Terrae) Facilius incidit in aliquam parrem majoris (pal
(rorius Lurx scilicer,) quin minor umbra (L. unX) offende
minus sparium habirationis nostrxe. Verum hoc accipien
dum est de loco Terrae determinato, v. er. hoc, in quo ne
desirtius: Nam spectaro alioquin toro Perra dilco (dim
diore superticici, quali plano habico) Freguentiores erian
sunc Solis Eclipses, quam Lunx; siquidem senis quibulqu
nonnunquam eriam quinis) mensibus aliguxe aut bic
alibicerrarum concingurie. Irao quando Eclipses LHnX CCM
erales incidune; plerunique urrumque Norilunium circum
ans FelipA Solis exieua insizne cl. Cujus rei causa et
insens Terrx moles, ex magna Lunx viciniras, quae icc
umbram jaciat non magnam, tamen penumbram Perrx M
tentat tanto majorem, quanxo eAt propinquior, quam deindt
in Terrena molis tranc vel illam parrem incidere non est ml
rum. Ouin caderi moles Terrxe efticie, ur alicubi sat L
cliplis Solis Tocalis, dum alibi parrialis soliim, alibi vere
eriam nulla est, quemadmodum ex Schemare ZL. P. incellIB
Dorest. Ubia est Sol, b Terra, cLuna, fb econus unbra
Lunaris, cujus basis est discus Lunx f8: hol alter conus pe
numbre Lunaris, cujus basis es pars superticiei Perrectris
hI. Dico Sparium Perrx exieuum iK, quod in umbran
Lunae perectam incidic, videre Feliplin Solis Fotalem,
liquidem a nullo puncto inter i ec t recta ad ullam dilet
Solari