Astronomy and the use of the Globes |
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Aldebaran analemma appears April Arcturus Atair attraction axis azimuth Botany Bay brass meridian Bring the given Bring the sun's Cairo called Cape Horn celestial clock comet conjunction constellations Denebola diameter difference of longitude Earth Edinburgh Elevate the pole enlightened equator following places following stars Fomalhaut given day given hour given place heavens hemisphere horizon inferior conjunction JARROLD June 21 Jupiter latitude latitude and longitude length Lima longest day longitude lunar eclipse March 21 Mars Menkar month Moon motion move night noon north pole number of degrees observed orbit Otaheite p. m. at London pass Petersburg planet PROBLEM quadrant Regulus revolve Rigel right ascension Rio Janeiro Rome satellites seen Sept set the index shine without setting Sirius solar eclipse sun is vertical sun rise sun's altitude sun's declination sun's meridian altitude sun's place superior conjunction Turn the globe twilight Uranus west to east
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Page 96 - Sun's place for the given day to the brass meridian ; mark its declination ; bring the given place to the brass meridian, and set the index to the given hour; turn the globe till the index points to...
Page 168 - 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 93 - Bring the place at which the time is given to the brass meridian, and set the index...
Page 120 - ... then bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour. Turn the globe till the index points to twelve at noon ; and the place exactly under the sun's declination on the brazen meridian will have the sun vertical at the given time.
Page 58 - ... centre, and offers the appearance of a vivid nucleus, like a star or planet. From the head, and in a direction opposite to that in which the sun is situated from the comet, appear to diverge two streams of light, which grow broader and more diffused at a distance from the head...
Page 120 - Then turn the globe till the sun's place is brought to the eastern edge of the horizon, and the index will show the time of the sun's rising ; bring it to the western edge, and the index will show the time of the sun's setting.