...circle is measured by 59' %" nearly. For 3^5'' : id : : 360° : 59' 8"-2. 111. The interval of time between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian, 72 True or foe&n is called a solar, or, as above, an astronomical day ; !«• • is measured by the...

...H. i3 koning we say it occurs on the 20th day, at 11 minutes past 7 in the morning. An astronomical day is the interval between two successive transits of the Sun's centre over the same meridian, and is divided into 24 hours, reckoned from 1 to 24, without any interruption : so that what is called...

...to which is opposed night, or the time between his setting and rising. DAY (Astronomical), the time between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian ; which always begins and ends at. noon. DECLINATION of the sun, moon, or stars, is their distance...

...and is counted twenty-four hours to the following noon. The astronomical day, or the interval of time between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian, is culled, likewise, a solar day. And the interval between two successive returns of the same fixed...

...common reckoning, we say it occurs on the 20th day, at 11 minutes past 7 in the morning. An astronomical day is the interval between two successive transits of the Sun's centre over the same meridian, and is divided into twenty-four hours, reckoned from one to iwenty-four, without any interruption ;...

...to which is opposed night, or the time between his setting and rising. Day, (astronomical,) the time between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian ; which always begins and ends at noon. Declination of the sun, moon, or stars, is their distance north...

...DAY LILY. In Botany, Hemerocallis, or the beauty of a day. DAY, APPARENT. In Astronomy, W apparent day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian, which interval is subject te continual variations, owing to the excentricity of the earth's orbit,...

...pointed style of architecture. DAY LILY. In Botany, Hemerocallis, or the beauty of a day. DAY DEC terval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian, which interval is subject to continual variations, owing to the excentricity of the earth's orbit,...

...motion of the sun, as being the most regular in his apparent revolutions. An apparent day, however, or the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian, is subject to continual variation, owing to the eccentricity of the earth's orbit, and obliquity of...

...clock being sufficiently perfect to go during so long a period without frequent re-adjusting. 189. A Solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the Sun's center over the same meridian, and begins at noon. This is sometimes called the true day, and sometimes...