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" Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place, find the sun's place in the ecliptic and bring it to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12. "
The Planetarium, and Astronomical Calculator ... - Page 219
by Tobias Ostrander - 1834 - 236 pages
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A grammar of modern geography. [With] Praxis

Aaron Arrowsmith - 1832 - 546 pages
...1 PROBLEM XXII. To find the Sun's Meridian- Altitude on any day at a given place. Rectify the globe for the Latitude of the place. Find the Sun's place in the Ecliptic, and bring it to the Brazen Meridian. Count the number of degrees on the Meridian, between the Sun's place and the Horizon,...
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An Easy Grammar of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, for the Use of Schools

Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1832 - 286 pages
...1st. To find those places in the torrid zone, to which the sun will be vertical, on any given day. Find the sun's place in the ecliptic and bring it to the brazen meridian ; mark the de'gree of the meridian over it; then all the places that pass under that...
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Guys̕ Elements of Astronomy: And, An Abridgement of Keiths' New Treatise on ...

Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1832 - 412 pages
...the sun is due east or west. RULE. Elevate the pole so many degrees above the horizon as are equal to the latitude of the place, find the sun's place in the ecliptic, bring it to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour-circle to twelve ; screw the quadrant...
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A Practical System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of ...

Jesse Olney - Geography - 1833 - 300 pages
...set at Hartford on the 5th of February ? A. The sun rises at 7, and sets at 5. OB, Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place, find the sun's place in the ecliptic and bring it tp the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12. Turn the globe westward till the...
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A Compendium of Astronomy: Intended to Simplify and Illustrate the ...

John Vose - Astronomy - 1834 - 230 pages
...year, what hour the Sun rises and sets; also the length of the day and night. The globe being rectified for the latitude of the place, find the Sun's place in the ecliptic, and bring it to the brazen meridian. Set the index at 12. Turn the globe eastward till the Sun's place comes to the horizon,...
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A grammar of general geography, by J. Goldsmith

sir Richard Phillips - 1834 - 248 pages
...heavens at that time. Rule. — Elevate the pole so many degrees above the horizon as are equal to the latitude of the place ; find the sun's place in the ecliptic, bring it to the brazen meridian, and set the index to twelve ; turn the globe till the index points...
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A Practical System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of ...

Jesse Olney - Geography - 1835 - 298 pages
...set at Hartford on the 5th of February ? A. The sun rises at 7, and sets at 5. OR, Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place, find the sun's place in the ecliptic and bring it to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12. Turn the globe westward till the son's...
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Practical System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of the ...

Jesse Olney - Geography - 1836 - 294 pages
...set at Hartford on the 5th of February ? A. The sun rises at 7, and sets at 5. OB, Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place, find the sun's place in the ecliptic and bring it to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12. Turn the globe westward till the sun's...
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Elements of Geography, Modern and Ancient with a Modern and an Ancient Atlas

Joseph Emerson Worcester - Classical geography - 1844 - 362 pages
...quadrant must be screwed. On the horizon, the 10th of May answers to the 20th of Taurus, which find on the ecliptic, and bring it to the meridian, and set the index to twelve. Rectify the globe for London, St. Petersburg, Madras, Pekin, Oporto, Venice, Quebec, Washington,...
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Guy's Elements of Astronomy, and an Abridgement of Keith's New Treatise on ...

Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1845 - 370 pages
...2. Place the globe due north and south upon a horizontal plane, as before, and elevate the pole to the latitude of the place ; find the sun's place in the ecliptic, bring it to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour-circle to XII ; stick a, needle perpendicularly...
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