 | Thomas Keith - 1811 - 388 páginas
...horizon, according as the given star is on the north or south side of the ecliptic ; bring the pole of the ecliptic to that part of the brass meridian which is numbered from the equinoctial towards the pole ; then the equinoctial will coincide with the»horizon ; screw the quadrant... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1812 - 218 páginas
...XLVIII. To Jind the right ascension and declination of the sun,* or a star. RULE. Bring the sun or star to that part of the brass meridian which is numbered from the equator towards the poles ; the degree on the brass meridian is the declination, and the number of... | |
 | 1818 - 264 páginas
...declination, and elevate the pole agreeably to that declination ; bring the place, at which the hour is given, to that part of the brass meridian which is numbered from the equator towards the poles, and set the index of the hour circle to twelve ; then if the given time... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1821 - 206 páginas
...ninety degrees above the horizon, then will the equinoctial coincide with the horizon ; bring the pole of the ecliptic! to that part of the brass meridian...the equinoctial represent the ecliptic, and let the eciiptic be considered as the equinoctial; then count 381 degrees, the complement of the latitude of... | |
 | James M'Intire - 1823 - 232 páginas
...descend below the horizon. HOLE. Elevate the pole for the latitude of the place, bring the sun's place in the ecliptic to that part of the brass meridian, which is numbered from the poles towards the equator; and the number of degrees on the brass meridian ,' reckoning from the sun's... | |
 | S. Treeby - 1826 - 244 páginas
...14th, on the outer circle of the horizon, is 8 24°. 3. Then d 24° on the ecliptic, being brought to that part of the brass meridian which is numbered from the equator towards the poles, and 12 on the hour circle being brought there also, the globe is rectified... | |
 | First steps - 1828 - 456 páginas
...find out the latitude of any place by means of the globe, all we have to do is, to bring the place to that part of the brass meridian which is numbered from the equator towards the poles, and the degree over it is its latitude. Try whether you can find out the... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 650 páginas
...longitude of that place given. — Rule. Find the longitude of the given place on the equator, bring it to that part of the brass meridian which is numbered from the equator towards the poles ; and then, under the given latitude, on the brass meridian, you will find... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1832 - 412 páginas
...longitudes of the planets must be found from an ephemera. south side of the ecliptic ; bring the pole of the ecliptic to that part of the brass meridian which is numbered from the equinoctial towards the pole : then the ecliptic will coincide with the horizon ; screw the quadrant... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1832 - 286 páginas
...find the right ascension and declination of the sun, or of a star. Bring the sun's place, or the star to that part of the brass meridian which is numbered from the equator towards the poles; the degree on the brass meridian will be the declination ; and the degree... | |
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... above it; let this mark be considered as the pole of the world, let the equinoctial represent the ecliptic, and let the... 
