 | Henry Kiddle - 1868 - 300 pages
...PAE; but at B, it is the smaller angle BEH, or PB E. The horizontal parallax of any body is really the angle subtended by the semi-diameter of the earth at the distance of the body; and, of course, the greater the distance, the smaller the angle. 6. The horizontal parallax of... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1870 - 300 pages
...PAE; but at B, it is the smaller angle BE II, or PB E. The horizontal parallax of any body is really the angle subtended by the semi-diameter of the earth at the distance of the body; and, of course, the greater the distance, the smaller the angle. b. The horizontal parallax of... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1871 - 298 pages
...PAE; but at B, it is the smaller angle BEH, or PB E. The horizontal parallax of any body is really the angle subtended by the semi-diameter of the earth at the distance of the body; and, of course, the greater the distance, the smaller the angle. 6. The horizontal parallax of... | |
 | Edward C. Frome - 1873 - 446 pages
...place; the correction is therefore subtractive. The first correction alluded to, that for parallax,} is always additive. This term, as applied in its limited...the moon, from her proximity to the earth, are most affected by parallax : it is also always to be taken into account in observing altitudes of the sun,... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1870 - 194 pages
...PAE ; but at B, it is the smaller angle BEH, or PB E. The horizontal parallax of any body is really the angle subtended by the semi-diameter of the earth at the distance of the body ; and, of course, the greater the distance, the smaller the angle. 295. Annual Parallax is the... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1873 - 300 pages
...PAE ;-trat at B, it is the smaller angle BEH, or PB E. The horizontal parallax of any body is really the angle subtended by the semi-diameter of the earth at the distance of the body; and, of course, the greater the distance, the smaller the angle. 6. The horizontal parallax of... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1877 - 296 pages
...PAE; but at B, it is the smaller angle BEH, or PB E. The horizontal parallax of any body is really the angle subtended by the semi-diameter of the earth at the distance of the body ; and, of course, the greater the distance, the smaller the angle. - 6. The horizontal parallax... | |
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always additive. This term, as applied in its limited sense to altitudes of celestial objects, is meant to express the angle subtended by the semi-diameter of the earth at the distance of the object observed. Altitudes of the moon, from her proximity... 