Descriptive outlines of modern geography, and a short account of Palestine, or Judæa

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Page 175 - York, to find what hour it is in any other part of the world.—Bring the given place, to the meridian, and set the index to the given...
Page 173 - The hour at one place being given, to find what hour it is at any other place. RULE. — Bring the place where the hour is given to the meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to...
Page 173 - ... then, if the given time be before noon, turn the globe westward as many hours as it wants of noon...
Page 176 - Find, by the last problem, the place to which the sun is vertical at the given hour, and bring the same to the meridian, and rectify the globe to a latitude equal to the sun's declination. Then to all the places...
Page 174 - ... bring the sun's place to the western edge of the horizon, and the index will show the time of...
Page 174 - Make the elevation of the pole equal to the latitude of the place ; find the sun's place in the ecliptic, bring it to the meridian, and set the index to 12.
Page 175 - XX.) bring it to the brass meridian, and observe the degree above it ; turn the globe on its axis till some other point of the ecliptic falls under the same degree of the meridian : find this point of the ecliptic on the horizon, and directly against it you will find the day of the month...
Page 173 - To find the distance between any two places an the globe. RULE. — Lay the quadrant of altitude over the two places, and mark the number of degrees between them. When the distance is more than 90°, stretch a thread from the one place to the other, and measure the distance on the equator.
Page 171 - It divides the earth into two equal parts, which are called the northern and southern HEMISPHERES. LATITUDE is the distance of a place north or south from the equator.
Page 177 - ... the ecliptic is intersected by the western edge of the horizon, the day of the month answering to that degree will show the time when the star rises at sun-set, and consequently when it begins to be visible in the evening. Turn the globe westward on its axis till the star comes to the western edge of the horizon, and observe what degree of the ecliptic is intersected by the...

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