 | William Channing Woodbridge - Geography - 1836 - 544 pages
...meridian, this arch is called the meridian altitude. Azimuth of any object in the heavens is an arch of the horizon contained between a vertical circle passing through the object, and the north and south points of the horizon. Vertical or Azimuth Circles are imaginary circles, supposed to be... | |
 | William Channing Woodbridge - Geography - 1838 - 536 pages
...meridian, this arch is called the meridian altitude. Azimuth of any object in. the heavens is an arch of the horizon contained between a vertical circle passing through the object, und the north and south points of the horizon. Vertical or Azimuth Circlet are imaginary circles, supposed... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1839 - 498 pages
...between the centre of the object when rising or setting, and the east or west point of the horizon. (536) The azimuth of any object in the heavens, is an arc of the horizon, contained between an azimuth or vertical circle (passing through the object), and the north or south point of the horizon.... | |
 | Alexander Baharie - 1844 - 218 pages
...between the centre of the object, when rising or setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. The azimuth of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between an azimuth, or vertical circle, (passing through the object) and the north or south point of the horizon.... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1845 - 370 pages
...meridian, contained between the centre of that object and the pole of the equinoctial. 48. The AMPLITUDE of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between the centre of the object when rising, or setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. Or, it... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1848 - 486 pages
...meridian, contained between the centre of that object and the pole of the equinoctial. 48. The AMPLITUDE of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between the centre of the object when rising, or setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. Or, it... | |
 | Thomas Ewing (of Edinburgh.) - Geography - 1848 - 418 pages
...showing the difference of time between the clock and the sun, likewise the declination * The amplitude of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between the centre of the object when rising or setting, and the E. or W. points of the horizon. Or it is the... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1849 - 370 pages
...Altitudes of the heavenly bodies above the horizon. What is the Azimuth of any object in the heavens ? The arc of the horizon contained between a vertical circle passing through the object, and the N. or S. points of the horizon. What is the Prime Vertical? The Azimuth circle which passes through... | |
 | J. Tabor - 1853 - 112 pages
...altitude of a heavenly body is its elevation above the horizon, measured on a vertical circle. 23. Azimuth is an arc of the horizon contained between a vertical circle passing through a heavenly body, and the north or south point of the horizon. 24. Amplitude is an arc of the horizon... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Geography - 1859 - 438 pages
...of the place at right angles. The Azimuth of a heavenly body is that arc of the horizon, intercepted between a vertical circle passing through the object,...and the north or south points of the horizon. The Amplitude of a heavenly body is that arc of the horizon, comprebended between an object at rising or... | |
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The AMPLITUDE of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between the centre of the object when rising, or setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. 
