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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... latter . In a chapter on Nautical Astronomy there is given a series of propositions relating to the geographical positions of places on the earth , the determination of local time and the declination of the needle ; and it may be right ...
... latter . In a chapter on Nautical Astronomy there is given a series of propositions relating to the geographical positions of places on the earth , the determination of local time and the declination of the needle ; and it may be right ...
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... latter remaining fixed 179. Application of spherical trigonometry in the case just men- tioned - - 136 - 136 · 137 138 180. Transformation , when one of the planes only , turns on the line of its intersection with another 181 ...
... latter remaining fixed 179. Application of spherical trigonometry in the case just men- tioned - - 136 - 136 · 137 138 180. Transformation , when one of the planes only , turns on the line of its intersection with another 181 ...
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... LATTER FROM THE SUN . Art . ― 209. Manner of determining by observation the nodes of the moon's orbit , and its obliquity to the ecliptic 210. Process for determining the obliquity of the moon's orbit , and the position of the line of ...
... LATTER FROM THE SUN . Art . ― 209. Manner of determining by observation the nodes of the moon's orbit , and its obliquity to the ecliptic 210. Process for determining the obliquity of the moon's orbit , and the position of the line of ...
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... latter being near the meridian ; with an example 352. Formula for determining the latitude of a station by an al- titude of the pole star ; with an example 353. Littrow's formula for finding the latitude of a station by three altitudes ...
... latter being near the meridian ; with an example 352. Formula for determining the latitude of a station by an al- titude of the pole star ; with an example 353. Littrow's formula for finding the latitude of a station by three altitudes ...
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... latter , that which is on his left hand when in the same position . 3. Now , if a spectator were at any season of the year to land on the shores of Spitzbergen , the stars which are visible would appear to describe about him circles ...
... latter , that which is on his left hand when in the same position . 3. Now , if a spectator were at any season of the year to land on the shores of Spitzbergen , the stars which are visible would appear to describe about him circles ...
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