 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.), John Bruce - Astronomy - 1846 - 398 pages
...the horizon, and the index will show the time of the sun's rising. 3. Bring the place to the western edge of the horizon, and the index will show the time of its setting. 4. Double the time of the sun's setting for the length of the day, and of the sun's rising... | |
 | James MIDDLETON (F.G.S.) - 1848 - 262 pages
...Bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to twelve. Turn the globe till the place comes to the eastern edge of the horizon, and the index will show the time of the sun's rising. Bring the given place to the western edge of the horizon, and the index will shew the time of the sun's setting.... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1848 - 486 pages
...index* will show the time of the sun's rising; turn the globe till the given place comes to the western edge of the horizon and the index will show the time of his setting, or either of these taken from 12 will give the other, because the sun is an equal time... | |
 | John Olding Butler - Celestial globes - 1850 - 376 pages
...row of figures, then, having found the time of the sun's rising, bring the sun's place to the western edge of the horizon, and the index will show the time of the setting. The hour of sun-setting doubled gives the length of the day, and the hour of sun-rising doubled... | |
 | James M'Intire - Astronomy - 1850 - 352 pages
...achronically, while those along the western edge will set achronically. 2. For the cosmical rising and setting. Bring the sun's place to the eastern edge of the horizon ; and all the stars along that edge of the horizon will rise cosmically, while those along the western edge... | |
 | Richard Phillips (sir.) - 1851
...bring it to the brass meridian, and set the index to twelve ; bring the sun's place to the western edge of the horizon, and the index will show the time of his setting, which, doubled, will give the length of the day ; turn the globe till the sun's place... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1854 - 154 pages
...time, the Sun rises and sets, o.nd the length of the day and night. ASTRONOMY. &c., by Problem XV. ; bring the Sun's place to the eastern edge of the horizon, and the index will show the hour of rising ; subtract it from twelve, and the difference will be the time of setting. Double the... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - Geography - 1854 - 332 pages
...the ecliptic to the meridian, and set the index to XII. Then turn the globe till the given body comes to the eastern edge of the horizon, and the index will show the time of its rising. Bring the body to the meridian, and the index shows the time of its culmination or southing;... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Geography - 1855 - 136 pages
...and also upon what point of the compass. — Rectify the globe as in the preceding problem, and turn the sun's place to the eastern edge of the horizon, and the index will point to the hour of rising ; then bring it to the western edge, and the index will show the hour of... | |
 | Sarah S. Cornell - Geography - 1857 - 422 pages
...ecliptic, bring it to the brass meridian, and set the Index to twelve; bring the sun's place to the western edge of the horizon, and the index will show the time of his setting, which doubled, will give the length of the day; turn the globe till the ann'a place comes... | |
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X.) and bring it to the meridian, and set the index to 12 ; bring the sun's place to the eastern edge of the horizon, and the index will show the... 
