...south pole have been divided into constellations. Dr. Halley, De La Caille, and Sir J. Her-. schel, went to the Cape of Good Hope, for the express purpose...The altitude of the celestial pole at any place, is equ&l to the latitude of that place. Let NSLE and TLH (Fig. 4, page 31) be sections of the earth and...

...direction of the tangents drawn at successive points of that line. Now, since the altitude of the elevated pole at any place is equal to the latitude of that place, it follows that an advance towards the pole of one degree in latitude is accompanied by a depression...

...temperate zones, and between the arctic and antarctic circles and the poles the frig id zones. 18. The altitude of the celestial pole at any place is equal to the latitude of the place. For let O be the position of the observer ; EOQ the meridian of the place, cutting the equator...

...out. 6. Define terrestrial equator, terrestrial latitude and longitude, and 4 show that the altitnde of the celestial pole at any place is equal to the latitude of the plnce. The zenith distances of a star at lower and upper culminations are 6 respectively, after...

...ecliptic make with the horizon at that point for an observer in latitude 22°34'30*N. ? 9. Prove that the altitude of the celestial pole at any place is equal to the latitude of the observer. The observatory at Stockholm is in lat. 59°20'33"N., and that at the Cape of Good Hope...