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" ... to 12 ; then, if the time be after noon, turn the globe westward on its axis, till the index has passed over as many hours as the time is past noon ; but, if the time be before noon, turn the globe eastward till the index has passed over as many hours... "
A New Treatise on Astronomy, and the Use of the Globes, in Two Parts ... - Page 279
by James M'Intire - 1850 - 326 pages
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A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Globes, etc

William Thackwray - Astronomy - 1810 - 160 pages
...kept fixed in this position, and ene end of a pencil placed on the centre of any star on the globe, the other end will point to that particular star in the heavens. PROBLEM VII. § S44. To exhibit the various angles which the ecliptic makes with the horizon at different times,...
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A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, Or, A Philosophical View of the ...

Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1811 - 388 pages
...turn the globe eastward till the index has passed over as many hours as the time wants of noon : fix the globe in this position, then the flat end of a...will point to that particular star in the heavens. PROBtEM LXXI. Tofnd when any star, or planet, •will rise, come to the meridian, and set at any given...
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A Compendious Treatise on the Use of the Globes, and of Maps: Compiled from ...

John Lathrop - Astronomy - 1812 - 218 pages
...turn the glooe eastward till the index has passed over as many hours as the time wants of noon : fix the globe in this position, then the flat end of a...will point to that particular star in the heavens. To find when any star, or planet, will rise, come to the meridian, and set at any given place. RULE....
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A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes: Or, A Philosophical View of the ...

Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1819 - 380 pages
...turn the globe eastward till the index has passed over as many hours as the time wants of uoon : fix the globe in this position, then the flat end of a...will point to that particular star in the heavens. PKOBLEM LXXI. To find when any star, or planet, will rise, come to the meridian, and set at any given...
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A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; Or, A Philosophical View of the ...

Thomas Keith - 1821 - 408 pages
...turn the globe eastward till the index has passed over as many hours as the time wants of noon : fix the globe in this position, then the flat end of a...point to that particular star in the heavens. PROBLEM LXXI. To find when any star, or planet, will rise, come to the meridian, and set at any given place....
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A Compendious Treatise on the Use of Globes & Maps: Compiled from the Works ...

John Lathrop - Astronomy - 1821 - 206 pages
...turn the globe eastward till the index has passed over as many hours as the time wants of noon ; fix the globe in this position, then the flat end of a...point to that particular star in the heavens. PROBLEM LIV. To find when any star, or planet, will rise, come to the meridian, and set at any given place....
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A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes: With Notes and Observations ...

James M'Intire - Globes - 1823 - 232 pages
...DECLIJT. 29° 14' 22° 36' N. 86 20 7 22 N. 176 3 54 42 N. h. in. 22 47 20° 35' S. 20 35 44 38 N. keep the globe in this position, then the flat end...find what stars are rising, setting, culminating, S<,C. RULE. Elevate the pole for the latitude of the place, bring the sun's place in the ecliptic to...
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A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes with Notes and Observations ...

James M'Intire - Globes - 1826 - 234 pages
...the time is past noon; but, if the time be before noon, turn the globe eastward till the index lias passed over as many hours as the time wants of noon;...find what stars are rising, setting, culminating, (JC. RULE. Elevate the pole for the latitude of the place, bring the sun's place in the ecliptic to...
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Guys̕ Elements of Astronomy: And, An Abridgement of Keiths' New Treatise on ...

Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1832 - 412 pages
...turn the globe eastward till the index has passed over as many hours as the time wants of noon ; fix the globe in this position, then the flat end of a...point to that particular star in the heavens. PROBLEM LXVIII. Tofind when any star, or planet, will rise, come to the meridian, and set at any given place....
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A grammar of general geography, by J. Goldsmith

sir Richard Phillips - 1834 - 248 pages
...Then, if the flat end of a pencil be placed on any star upon the globe, so as to point towards its centre, the other end will point to that particular star in the heavens. After all, however, it must be admitted that the globe is by no means calculated to afford a ready...
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