Guy's Elements of Astronomy: And an Abridgment of Keith's New Treatise on the Use of the GlobesF.W. Greenough, 25 Minor Street. And Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 253 Market Street., 1838 - Astronomy - 309 pages |
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analemma angle Answer appear axis azimuth Boötes brass meridian Bring the given called Cancer Cape Capricorn centre CHAPTER Comet diameter difference diurnal diurnal motion earth east eastward ecliptic Elevate the pole ephemeris equal equator find the sun's fixed stars frigid zone full moon given day given place globe westward graduated edge grees heavens hence horizon index has passed inferior conjunction inhabitants Jupiter latitude length Libra London longest day longitude meridian altitude minutes month moon's morning motion node north latitude north or south north pole number of degrees o'clock oblique ascension observed orbit parallax parallels of latitude past noon Petersburgh planets plate point Aries polar circles PROBLEM quadrant of altitude reckoning right ascension rise and set round RULE screw the quadrant set the index signs south pole sun rise sun vertical sun's altitude sun's declination sun's place tides tropic tropic of Cancer turn the globe twilight Venus