Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, Part 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1858 |
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... solar eclipses , transits , & c . , as well as the explanation of refraction , of precession , interpolation , & c . , and of certain methods for determining the latitude and lon- gitude , which from the peculiar elegance of the ...
... solar eclipses , transits , & c . , as well as the explanation of refraction , of precession , interpolation , & c . , and of certain methods for determining the latitude and lon- gitude , which from the peculiar elegance of the ...
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... solar year Page 51 60 60 61 To find the arc described by a meridian of the earth in a mean solar day To find the length of the sidereal year The sidereal day , the apparent solar day , and the mean solar day . 61 To find the daily ...
... solar year Page 51 60 60 61 To find the arc described by a meridian of the earth in a mean solar day To find the length of the sidereal year The sidereal day , the apparent solar day , and the mean solar day . 61 To find the daily ...
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... solar time and the equation of time to find apparent solar time , and the converse XVII . Given mean solar time to find sidereal time . XVIII . Given apparent solar time to find sidereal time XIX . To find what heavenly body will pass ...
... solar time and the equation of time to find apparent solar time , and the converse XVII . Given mean solar time to find sidereal time . XVIII . Given apparent solar time to find sidereal time XIX . To find what heavenly body will pass ...
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... Solar year , and Sidereal year . 15. A solar year is the interval between the sun's leaving the first point of Aries , and returning to it again . A sidereal ... solar year and sidereal year To find the length of the mean solar year Page.
... Solar year , and Sidereal year . 15. A solar year is the interval between the sun's leaving the first point of Aries , and returning to it again . A sidereal ... solar year and sidereal year To find the length of the mean solar year Page.
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... solar year ; then , 36000 ° 45 ′ 45 ′′ : 360 ° :: 36525a : x . ' . x = 365d 5h 48m 51s ∙ 6 = 365a · 242264 * To ... solar year ; but in a sidereal year the sun describes 360 ° ; hence a sidereal is greater than a solar year by the time ...
... solar year ; then , 36000 ° 45 ′ 45 ′′ : 360 ° :: 36525a : x . ' . x = 365d 5h 48m 51s ∙ 6 = 365a · 242264 * To ... solar year ; but in a sidereal year the sun describes 360 ° ; hence a sidereal is greater than a solar year by the time ...
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24 hours altitude for index apparent solar April 27 ascension mean sun ascension of mean auxiliary angle celestial equator chro chronometer showed colatitude compass bearing compass course correction in altitude cosec course and distance deviation diff east of meridian Elements from Nautical find the latitude Greenwich date Greenwich mean noon haversines heavenly body height of eye horizontal parallax hour angle Index cor index correction longitude by chronometer mean time nearly moon Moon's declin moon's semidiameter Nautical Almanac observed altitude observed meridian altitude P.M. mean pass the meridian point of Aries pole proportional logarithm refraction required the latitude required the longitude required the true required the variation Right asc Right ascension mean ship mean ship's head sidereal sidereal clock star subtract Sun's declination sun's L. L. sun's lower limb true altitude true bearing true course true distance vers versines zenith distance
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Page 12 - Fig. 3) loaded on the circular side with lead sufficient to make it swim upright in the water: to this is fastened a line about 150 fathoms long, called the Log-line, which is divided into certain spaces called knots, and is wound on a reel (see Plate VI.
Page 54 - ... consequence of the whirling motion of the earth about its axis, the parts near the equator, which have the greatest velocity, acquire thereby a greater distance from the centre than the parts near the poles.
Page 60 - The hour angle of a heavenly body, is the angle at the pole between the celestial meridian and the circle of declination passing through the place of the body ; thus, zpx is the hour angle of x.
Page 59 - The right ascension of a heavenly body is the arc of the equator, intercepted between the first point of Aries and the circle of declination, passing through the place of the...
Page 61 - The apparent solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian.
Page 63 - Mean Solar Day is the interval between two successive transits of the mean sun over the same meridian ; it begins when the mean sun is on the meridian.
Page 13 - ... ascertained at sea by observing the magnetic bearing of- the sun when in the horizon, or at a given altitude abo-ve it. From this observation the true bearing is found by rules given in nautical astronomy. The difference between the true bearing and the observed bearing by compass determines this correction.
Page 258 - W., and at the same time the observed altitude of the sun's lower limb was 21° 40' 45", the index correction was — 2' 18", and the height of the eye above the sea was 14 feet : required the variation.
Page 199 - To the hour angle thus found, add the star's right ascension; and from the sum, increased if necessary by 24 hours, subtract the right ascension of the mean sun ; the remainder is mean time at the place at the instant of observation.
Page 54 - ... path of the sun as seen from the Earth, and is called the Ecliptic. The plane of the Earth's equator, extended till it meets the concave surface of the heavens, forms what is called the Celestial Equator, or the Equinoctial. The ecliptic and the equinoctial form an angle of 23° 28', and this angle is called the Obliquity of the Ecliptic. The axis of the Earth, therefore, instead of being perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, is inclined to it at an angle of (90° — 23° 28') 66° 32'.