Astronomical and geographical essaysW. & S. Jones, 1812 - 518 sivua |
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... elevated , according to the part of the earth from which it is viewed . Thus to the inhabitants of Lapland it is much more ver- tical , or elevated above the horizon , than with us : we see it more elevated than the inhabitants of Spain ...
... elevated , according to the part of the earth from which it is viewed . Thus to the inhabitants of Lapland it is much more ver- tical , or elevated above the horizon , than with us : we see it more elevated than the inhabitants of Spain ...
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... elevated above the plane thereof . The earth is here represented in the first point of each of the twelve signs of the ecliptic , as marked in the figure , with the twelve correspond- ing months annexed ; P , the north pole of the globe ...
... elevated above the plane thereof . The earth is here represented in the first point of each of the twelve signs of the ecliptic , as marked in the figure , with the twelve correspond- ing months annexed ; P , the north pole of the globe ...
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... elevated pole . If any place be brought under the strong brass meridian , and the horary index is set to that XII which is most elevated , and the place be afterwards brought to the western side of the broad paper circle , the hour ...
... elevated pole . If any place be brought under the strong brass meridian , and the horary index is set to that XII which is most elevated , and the place be afterwards brought to the western side of the broad paper circle , the hour ...
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... elevated XII , while the place is under the graduated edge of the strong brass meridian . The following circumstances , which usually attend the four cardinal divisions of the year , cannot be better introduced than at this place . At ...
... elevated XII , while the place is under the graduated edge of the strong brass meridian . The following circumstances , which usually attend the four cardinal divisions of the year , cannot be better introduced than at this place . At ...
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... elevated , shews that the sun at his rising is due east . Turn the globe , till London comes to the eastern edge of the broad paper circle , then the western point of the artificial horizon will be most elevated , shewing that the sun ...
... elevated , shews that the sun at his rising is due east . Turn the globe , till London comes to the eastern edge of the broad paper circle , then the western point of the artificial horizon will be most elevated , shewing that the sun ...
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angle apparent motion Aries astronomers azimuth body bright bring broad paper circle called Capricorn celestial globe centre comet conjunction dark dial diameter disc distance diurnal motion earth ecliptic edge elevated enlightened equal equator equinoctial equinox fixed stars Georgium Sidus given place greatest elongation heavens hemisphere Herschel horary index hour circle hour-lines illuminated inferior planets inhabitants Jupiter latitude light London longest day longitude magnitude Mars Mercury miles minutes month moon moon's nearer night nodes noon north pole number of degrees observed opposite parallax parallel pass plate polar circle PROBLEM quadrant of altitude rays Rectify the globe retrograde retrograde motion revolution right ascension round the sun satellites Saturn seen semicircle shadow shew ship situation solar spectator sphere strong brass meridian sun appears sun's place superior planet suppose surface telescope terrestrial globe tion tropic tropic of Cancer turn the globe Venus vertical visible west to east zenith
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Sivu 72 - Their names are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the Zodiac.
Sivu 226 - If both the places be situated on the same parallel of latitude, their bearing is either east or west from each other ; if the'y be situated on the same meridian, they bear north and south from each other ; if they be situated on the same rhumb-line, that rhumbline is their bearing : if they be not situated on the same rhumb-line, lay the quadrant of altitude over the. two places, and that rhumb-line which is the nearest of...
Sivu 54 - Our views of Nature, however imperfect, serve to represent to us, in the most sensible manner, that mighty power which prevails throughout, acting with a force and efficacy that appears to suffer no diminution from the greatest distances of space or intervals of time...
Sivu 199 - To make this circle answer the purpose, a semicircular wire is placed over it, carrying two indices, one on the east, the other on the west side of the strong brass circle.
Sivu 308 - By subtracting this from twenty-four hours, we have the length of the shortest night. If we bring the first degree of Capricorn to the brass meridian' and proceed in all respects as before, we shall have the length of the longest night and shortest day. Thus, at Delhi, the...
Sivu 312 - As the terrestrial globe by turning on its axis represents the real diurnal motion of the earth ; so the celestial globe, by turning on its axis, represents the apparent motion of the heavens.
Sivu 210 - ... than the hour at the given place, turn the globe eastward till the index has passed over as many hours as are equal to the given...
Sivu 285 - ... equal parts or degrees, as in the figure. Because the hour-lines are less distant from each other about noon, than in any other part of the dial, it is best to have the centres of these quadrants at a little distance from the centre of the dial-plane...
Sivu 420 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God. The beauties of the wilderness are His, That make so gay the solitary place Where no eye sees them. And the fairer forms That cultivation glories in are His. He sets the bright procession on its way, And marshals all the order of the year ; He marks the bounds which winter may not pass, And blunts his pointed fury ; in its case, Russet and rude...
Sivu 83 - THE natural advantages which arise from the position of the earth which we inhabit with respect to the other planets, afford much employment to mathematical speculation, by which it has been discovered, that no other conformation of...