DE 



PROIECTIONE SPHAEROIDIS 



ELLIPTICAK GEOGRAPHICA. 



Diilcrtatio Priina. 



AiKTlorc 

 F. T. SCnVBEKT. 



Comictit. exhib. die zi Maj. 1788. 



E. 



§. 



/tfi, qiiod i;im flicilc coniiccrc liccbat, id pracfcn<; mc do- 

 cuit disquifitio , mapp:is fcilicet gcographiciis, quac 011 ncs luic- 

 usquc cx hypothcfi iphncricac tclluris figurac fucrunt con- 

 ftruclac , hflud longc a vcritatc cOc abcrraturas; fcu corrc6io- 

 ncm , c]ua ob figuram tdluris non fphacricam aiiotjuin cllcnt 

 cmcndandac, plcrisquc cafibus finc crrorc fcnfibili ncghgi poffc, 

 cum axcs Mcridiani clliptici tam parum a (c inuiccm iiifTcrant : 

 haud tamcn inutilc mihi vidctur, proiccftioncm Sjihacroidis cl- 

 lipticac llrido fubiiccrc cxamini. tiiismodi disquifiiioncs , fi 

 vcl maximc uiu carcrcnt prat^^tico, ct ccu (pcculationcs tanfum 

 Gcomctriac thcorcticac confidcrcntur , utilitatc non funt dclli- 

 tut4c. luvabit quoquc omni cum rigorc cxaminallc, num ida 



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