A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Globes, etc |
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00 due South Aldebaran America amplitude Arcturus Athair azimuth brass meridian brazen meridian bring the place Buenos Ayres Capella Cassiopeia Castor Centaurus coincide Constellations Cor Caroli Cor Hydra Country or Sea December 22 Denebola descension difference of longitude distance eastern edge eastward ecliptic elevated equator equinoctial Examples February following places following stars given day given hour globe being rectified heliacally horizon hours longer hours shorter index will point Isle June 21 latitude length Lizard Point London longest day longest night longitude Lyra March 21 Markab midnight moon's Names of Places North Pole number of degrees oblique ascension parallels of latitude Pegasus Petersburgh places situated Pleiades polar circles PROBLEM Rectify the globe Rigel right ascension rise and set rise or set RULE Scheat Scorpio set cosmically set the index shew Sirius south latitude South Pole Spain stars rise sun's declination sun's place turn the globe Ursa Major western westward