 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1811 - 388 pages
...meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 14 ;* turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the hours passed over by the index will...place where the hour is sought lie to the east of that wherein the time is given, count the difltrenc. of time forward from the given hour ; if it lie to... | |
 | John Lathrop - Astronomy - 1812 - 218 pages
...meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12 ; turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the hours passed over by the index will...place where the hour is sought lie to the east of that wherein the time is given, count the difference of time forward from the given hour ; if it lie to... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1819 - 380 pages
...the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the hours passed over by the index will fae the difference of time between the two places. If...place where the hour is sought lie to the east of that wherin the time is given, count the difference of time forward from the given hour; if it lie to the... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1821 - 408 pages
...meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12*; turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the hours passed over by the index will...place where the hour is sought lie to the east of that wherein the time is given, count the difference of time forward from the given hour ; if it lie to... | |
 | James M'Intire - Globes - 1823 - 232 pages
...at which the hour is given to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12;* tuin the globe on its axis, the nearest way, till the other...place where the hour is sought lie to the east of that •wherein the hour is given, the hour there is the dif* It matters not what hour the index is set... | |
 | James M'Intire - Globes - 1826 - 234 pages
...PROBLEM XVI. The hour of the day being given ot any place, to find what hour it is at any other plar.r. RULE. Bring the place at which the hour is given to...place where the hour is sought lie to the east of that wherein the hour is given, the hour there is the difference of time later than the given hour; but... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Globes - 1826 - 360 pages
...of the hour circle to 12* ; turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the hour* passed over by the index will be the difference of...place where the hour is sought lie to the east of that wherein the time is given, count the difference of time forward from the given hour; if it lie to the... | |
 | James Ryan - Astronomy - 1827 - 408 pages
...which the time is required be brought to the meridian, and the index will show the hour at that place. If the place where the hour is sought lie to the east of thai wherein the time is given, turn the globe westward ; but if it lie to the West, the globe must... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1832 - 412 pages
...turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the hours passed over by the iniflex will be the difference of time between the two places....place where the hour is sought lie to the east of that wherein the time is given, count the difference of time forward from the given hour ; if it lie to... | |
 | John Rorke - 1844 - 188 pages
...difference of longitude between the two places ; convert this difference of longitude into time ; then, if the place where the hour is sought lie to the east of that at which the hour is given, add this time to the given hour, but if to the west, subtract. Exercises. 1. When it is 5 o'clock at... | |
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A particular place, and the hour of the day at that place being given, to find what hour it is at any other place. RULE. Bring the place at which the time is given to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12 ; turn the globe till... 