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" The hour of the day at any place being given, to find what time it then is at any other place. Bring the given place to the brazen meridian, and... "
Geography Made Familiar and Easy to Young Gentlemen and Ladies: Being the ... - Page 46
by John Newbery - 1769 - 319 pages
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A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar: And Present State of ...

William Guthrie, John Knox - Geography - 1801 - 1204 pages
...from a fécond Place, to find what other Places of the Earth are at the fame Diflance from the given Place. Bring the given place to the brazen meridian, and elevate the polo • according to the latitude of the ikid place; then fix the quadrant of altitude in the zenith,...
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The Accomplished Tutor: Or, Complete System of Liberal Education ...

Thomas Hodson - Education - 1802 - 556 pages
...degrees diltaut. PROBLEM VI. The Hour of the Day at any Place being given, tofmd what is the Hour at any other Place. ' Bring the given place to the brazen meridian, and fet the index to the given hour ; then turn the globe, until the place where the hour is required,...
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The Accomplished Tutor; Or, Complete System of Liberal Education ..., Volume 2

Thomas Hodson - Arithmetic - 1806 - 488 pages
...degrees diftant. PROBLEM VI. The Hour of the Day at any Place leing given, tofind what is the Hour at any other Place. Bring the given place to the brazen meridian, and fet the indc A to the given hour ; then torn the globe, until the place •where the hour is required,...
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Ferguson's Lectures on Select Subjects, in Mechanics, Hydrostatics ...

James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1814 - 420 pages
...mentioned. PROBLEM IX. The hour of the day at any place being given, to find what time it then is at any other place. Bring the given place to the brazen meridian, and set the index, to the given hour; then turn the globe, until any place where the time is required comes...
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Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics ..., Volume 1

James Ferguson - Eclipses - 1823 - 406 pages
...1.05 0.00 PROB. IX — The hour of the day at any place being given, to Jlnd what time it then is at any other place. Bring the given place to the brazen meridian, and set the index to the given hour ; then turn the globe, until any place where the time is required comes...
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A grammar of modern geography. [With] Praxis

Aaron Arrowsmith - 1832 - 546 pages
...other. PROBLEM VIII. The hour of the day at any place being given, to find what time it then is at any other place. Bring the given place to the Brazen Meridian, and set the Index of the Horary Circle to the given Hour : then, turn the Globe until the place where the...
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Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Optics ...

James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1839 - 554 pages
...mentioned. PROBLEM IX. 'I'hc hour of the day at any place being given, tofind what o'clock it then is at any other place. Bring the given place to the brazen meridian, and sel tlie index to the given hour; then turn the globe, until ilie place where the hour is required...
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Lessons on the globes

T H. Howe - 1842 - 458 pages
...Problem IX. Learn Poles of Celestial Sphere, (def. 12) ; Repeat Quadrant of Altitude, (def. 48). RULE 1 . Bring the given place to the brazen meridian, and elevate the pole to its latitude : this will bring the given place uppermost, and cause the wooden circle of the globe...
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