Practical Astronomy and Geodesy: Including the Projections of the Sphere and Spherical Trigonometry. For the Use of the Royal Military CollegeLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 - 427 pages |
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... HOUR ANGLES . EQUINOCTIAL TIME . 303. Value of a sidereal day , and definition of sidereal time 304. Error and rate of a sidereal clock found by the observed transits of stars - 234 235 - 235 305. Apparent solar day defined ; its length ...
... HOUR ANGLES . EQUINOCTIAL TIME . 303. Value of a sidereal day , and definition of sidereal time 304. Error and rate of a sidereal clock found by the observed transits of stars - 234 235 - 235 305. Apparent solar day defined ; its length ...
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... hour of the day by an observed altitude of the sun ; the latitude of the station and the sun's declination being given · - · - 338. Method of determining the hour of the night by a fixed star , and by a planet , with examples 339 ...
... hour of the day by an observed altitude of the sun ; the latitude of the station and the sun's declination being given · - · - 338. Method of determining the hour of the night by a fixed star , and by a planet , with examples 339 ...
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... hour of sun - rise , by the amplitude of the sun ; with an example 281 344. Method of finding the effects of iron on the compass of a ship . Application of Barlow's plate 345. ( Prob . VI . ) To determine the hour of the day and the ...
... hour of sun - rise , by the amplitude of the sun ; with an example 281 344. Method of finding the effects of iron on the compass of a ship . Application of Barlow's plate 345. ( Prob . VI . ) To determine the hour of the day and the ...
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... hour angle 363. Employment of chronometers for finding the longitudes of ships or stations - - Page 311 314 315 - 316 316 - 364. Methods of finding the error and rate of a chronometer 365. Method of finding the longitude of a station by ...
... hour angle 363. Employment of chronometers for finding the longitudes of ships or stations - - Page 311 314 315 - 316 316 - 364. Methods of finding the error and rate of a chronometer 365. Method of finding the longitude of a station by ...
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... hour - hand may revolve round the circum- ference of the dial - plate in the interval of time between the instants when , by the diurnal rotation of the earth , that inter- section of the traces of the equator and ecliptic which is de ...
... hour - hand may revolve round the circum- ference of the dial - plate in the interval of time between the instants when , by the diurnal rotation of the earth , that inter- section of the traces of the equator and ecliptic which is de ...
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angular distance apparent ascension and declination astronomical azimuth bisected celestial body celestial sphere centre circle passing circumference colatitude computed considered correction corresponding cosine cotan degrees described determined diameter difference earth ecliptic ellipse equal equator equatorial equinoctial point expressed fixed star formula geocentric given graduation Greenwich Greenwich mean horary motions horizontal parallax hour angle index error instant instrument interval latitude latter let fall limb longitude mean noon meridian micrometer moon moon's Nautical Almanac node observed altitude obtained optical axis orbit parallax parallel perihelion perpendicular plane passing polar distance pole position projection radius refraction represented revolution revolve right angles right ascension satellite screw sector semidiameter side sidereal sidereal clock sine sphere spherical triangle star's station subtended subtracted supposed surface tangent transit telescope true variation vertical wire zenith distance zero
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