 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1811 - 568 pages
...problem, -given in Phil. Transac. No. 224. The solution of the problem in which it is required ' to find when that part of the equation of time which arises...from the obliquity of the ecliptic, is a maximum,' is correct : but has the disadvantage of not beingjlujcional. Were it not that Mr. Dealtry has declined... | |
 | William Dealtry - Calculus - 1816 - 492 pages
...2b + (4¿* - Зм') а = PROB. 45. The Sun being supposed to move uniformly in the ediptic ; to find when that part of the equation of time, which arises...from the obliquity of the ecliptic, is a maximum. Let QQ represent the equinoctial, EL the ecliptic, A the first point of Aries, PLQ the solstitial colure.... | |
 | John Greig - 1816 - 224 pages
...because the son passes through ihe southern signs sooner than the northern. PROBLEM XXXII. To find that part of the equation of time which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic, day and month being given.* Bring the sun's place to the meridian and fix the globe, reckon the number... | |
 | John Martin Frederick Wright - Mathematics - 1825 - 798 pages
...year introduced by Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory. 18. Give the theory of the Trade Winds. 19. Prove that part of the equation of time which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic to be a maximum when the longitude of the Sun equals the complement of its right ascension. 20. Compare... | |
 | John BRINKLEY (Bishop of Cloyne.) - Astronomy - 1836 - 334 pages
...301) the observation should be made on or near the I prime vertical. „ Prop. XIV. To find when the part of the equation of time, which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator, is a maximum. If the sun moved equably in the ecliptic, the difference between its... | |
 | Robert Main - Astronomy - 1863 - 434 pages
...vertical are determined by the equation h = a. + sin~1 (sin a tan I cot 8) . 72. When that part (E) of the equation of time, which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic (w), is a maximum, 73. When Venus was very near conjunction it was observed that the bright visible... | |
 | Benjamin Williamson - Calculus - 1873 - 394 pages
...с — Ь is a maximum when с -t- b — 90°. This problem occurs in Astronomy, in finding when the part of the equation of time which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic is a maximum. 21. Prove that the problem, to describe a circle with its centre on the circumference of a given circle... | |
 | Benjamin Williamson - Calculus - 1873 - 406 pages
...and hence e - b is a maximum when c + 4 = 90°. This problem occurs in Astronomy, in finding when the part of the equation of time which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic is a maximum. 2i. Prove that the problem, to describe a circle with its centre on the circumference of a given circle... | |
 | Benjamin Williamson - Differential calculus - 1889 - 508 pages
...hence a — t is a maximum when c + b = 90°. This problem occurs in Astronomy, in finding when the part of the equation of time which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic ia a maximum. 21. Prove that the problem, to describe a circle with its centre on the circumference... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1865 - 348 pages
...between ; and determine the correction arising from the ship's change of place. 1 8. Find when the part of the equation of time, which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic, is a maximum. MAT. DR. AFJOHN. 1. If two metallic bars have the same length of temperature, t, and that at a higher... | |
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Prove that the problem, to describe a circle with its centre on the circumference of a given circle so that the length of the arc intercepted within the given circle shall he a maximum, is reducible to the solution of the equation 0 = cot 0. 