While every one of the motions of the earth that arise from the actions of the sun, moon, and planets, etc., have been investigated by astronomers, there is one motion which has hitherto escaped the scrutiny of observers - the diurnal rotation round its axis.


Astronomical Observations on the Rotation of the Planets Round their, Axes made with a View to determine whether the Earth's Diurnal, Motion is perfectly Equable, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 71, 1781 (p. 115)

William Herschel Quotes

While every one of the motions of the earth that arise from the actions of the sun, moon, and planets, etc., have been investigated by astronomers,...

While every one of the motions of the earth that arise from the actions of the sun, moon, and planets, etc., have been investigated by astronomers,...

While every one of the motions of the earth that arise from the actions of the sun, moon, and planets, etc., have been investigated by astronomers,...

While every one of the motions of the earth that arise from the actions of the sun, moon, and planets, etc., have been investigated by astronomers,...