I Have been looking over the little Book you recommended to me, Sir, said she, which I think is very plain and concise, and I fancy I am now got to be such a Proficient, as that I am qualified to go thro' the ProblemsProblems, as the Book calls them, tho' what that Word signifies I don't understand.
That Greek Word, Madam, said I, signifies something to be done or practised, and I question not but you have so well considered this Affair, as to be able to work or perform any of these Problems upon the Globes your self.
I Don't know that, said she, but I'm resolv'd to try, and with a little of your Help, perhaps, I may get thro' them: Come, pray, let's begin; and, first, shew me how to Rectifying the Globe.rectify each Globe, as he calls it, and what I shall learn by that.
Rectifying the Globes, Madam, said I, is reducing them to such a Position, as that they shall truly represent the Situation of the Circles of the Sphere of the fixed Stars and Planets; and of the Position of the Earth itself at any Time assigned.
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