 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1811 - 388 pages
...no shadow ; fix the globe in this position, and screw the quadrant of altitude over the latitude ; bring the graduated edge of the quadrant to coincide with the sun's place, or the point where the needle is fixed, and the degree on the horizon will show the azimuth. PROBLEM... | |
 | John Lathrop - Astronomy - 1812 - 218 pages
...casts no shadow; fix the globe in this position, and screw the quadrant of altitude over the latitude ; bring the graduated edge of the quadrant to coincide with the sun's place, or the point where the needle is fixed,' and the degree on the horizon will show the azimuth. To draw... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1819 - 380 pages
...no shadow ; fix the globe in this position, and screw the quadrant of altitude over the latitude ; bring the graduated edge of the quadrant to coincide with the sun's place, or the point where the needle is fixed, and the degree on the horizon will show the azimuth. PROBLEM... | |
 | James M'Intire - Globes - 1823 - 232 pages
...noon westward, till the index has passed over as many hours as it is before or after noon; "toring the graduated edge of the quadrant to coincide with the sun's place, then the number of degrees on the horizon, between the north or south point thereof and the graduated... | |
 | James M'Intire - Globes - 1826 - 234 pages
...position, and screw the quadrant of altitude on the brass meridian over the latitude of the place; bring the graduated edge of the quadrant to coincide...the sun's place, and the number of degrees on the quadrant, between the horizon and the sun's place, will be the sun's altitude. EXAMPLES. 1. What is... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1832 - 412 pages
...no shadow : fix the globe in this position, and screw the quadrant of altitude over the latitude ; bring the graduated edge of the quadrant to coincide with the sun's place, or the point where the needle is fixed, and the degree on the horizon will show the azimuth. CHAPTER... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1834 - 248 pages
...the brass meridian, and set the index to 12; turn the globe till the index points to the given hour ; bring the graduated edge of the quadrant to coincide with the sun's place, then the number of degrees on the quadrant, counting from the horizon to the sun's place, will be the... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1845 - 370 pages
...no shadow : fix the globe in this position, and screw the quadrant of altitude over the latitude ; bring the graduated edge of the quadrant to coincide with the sun's place, or the point where the needle is fixed, and the degree on the horizon will show the azimuth. CHAPTER... | |
 | Richard Phillips (sir.) - 1851
...brass meridian, and set the index to 12 ; turn the globe till the index points to the given hour ; bring the graduated edge of the quadrant to coincide with the sun's place : then the number of degrees on the quadrant, counting from the horizon to the sun's place, will be... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1854 - 154 pages
...westward, till the index points to the given hour; bring the graduated edge of the quadrant of altitude to coincide with the Sun's place ; and the number of degrees, on the quadrant, from the Sun's place to the ASTRONOMY. horizon, will be the altitude ; and the number of... | |
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Stick a needle in the parallel of the sun's declination for the given day,* and turn the globe on its axis till the needle casts no shadow : fix the globe in this position, and screw the quadrant of altitude over the latitude ; bring the graduated edge... 