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Ch. 6: The Differences in Noon Shadows

Ch. 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 Table of the Difference in the Ascensions on an Oblique Sphere

Ch. 8: The Hours and Parts of the Day and Night

Ch. 9: The Oblique Ascension of the Degrees of the Ecliptic; How to Determine What Degree Is at Mid-Heaven when Any Degree Is Rising

Ch. 10: The Angle at which the Ecliptic Intersects the Horizon

Table of the Ascensions of the Zodiacal Signs in the Revolution of the Right Sphere

Table of the Ascensions in the Oblique Sphere

Table of the Angles Made by the Ecliptic with the Horizon

Ch. 11: The Use of These Tables

Ch. 12: The Angles and Arcs of Those Circles which Are Drawn through the Poles of the Horizon to the Ecliptic

Ch. 13: The Rising and Setting of the Heavenly Bodies

Ch. 14: The Investigation of the Places of the Stars, and the Arrangement of the Fixed Stars in a Catalogue Descriptive Catalogue of the Signs and Stars I: Those which Are in the Northern Region II: Those which Are in the Middle and near the Zodiac .

Ill: Those which Are in the Southern Region

BOOK THREE

Ch. 1: The Precession of the Equinoxes and Solstices

Ch. 2: History of the Observations Proving that the Precession of the Equinoxes and Solstices Is Not Uniform

Ch. 3: Hypotheses by which the Shift in the Equinoxes as well as in the Obliquity of the Ecliptic and Equator May Be Demonstrated |- | ||Ch. 4: How an Oscillating Motion or Motion in Libration Is Constructed out of Circular [Motions] |- | ||Ch. 5:||Proof of the Nonuniformity in the Precession of the Equinoxes and in the Obliquity |- | ||Ch. 6: The Uniform Motions of the Precession of the Equinoxes and of the Inclination of the Ecliptic |- | ||The Uniform Motion of the Precession of the Equinoxes in Years and Periods of Sixty Years |- | ||The Uniform Motion of the Precession of the Equinoxes in Days and Periods of Sixty Days |- | ||The Nonuniform Motion of the Equinoxes in Years and Periods of Sixty Years |- | ||The Nonuniform Motion of the Equinoxes in Days and Periods of Sixty Days |- |Ch. 7:||What Is the Greatest Difference between the Uniform and the Apparent Precession of the Equinoxes ? |- |Ch. 8:||The Individual Differences between These Motions, and a |- |- | ||Table Exhibiting Those Differences |- | ||Table of the Prosthaphaereses of the Equinoxes and of the Obliquity of the Ecliptic |- |Ch. 9:||Review and Correction of the Discussion of the Precession of the Equinoxes |- |Ch. 10:||What Is the Greatest Variation in the Intersections of the Equator and Ecliptic? |- |Ch. 11.||Determining the Epochs of the Uniform Motions of the Equinoxes and Anomaly |- |Ch. 12:||Computing the Precession of the Vernal Equinox and the Obliquity |- |Ch. 13:||The Length and Nonuniformity of the Solar Year. |- |Ch. 14:||The Uniform and Mean Motions in the Revolutions of the Earth’s Center . |- | ||Table of the Sun’s Simple Uniform Motion in Years and Periods of Sixty Years |- | ||Table of the Sun’s Simple Uniform Motion in Days, Periods of Sixty Days, and Minutes of a Day |- | ||Table of the Sun’s Uniform Composite Motion in Years and Periods of Sixty Years |- | ||Table of the Sim’s Uniform Composite Motion in Days, Periods of Sixty Days, and Minutes |}