 | James Ferguson, David Brewster - 1806 - 532 pages
...51-^- degrees of either quadrant, and from its centre, draw the right line ag for the hypothenuse or axis of the gnomon agi ; and from g, let fall the perpendicular gi, upon the meridian line ai, and there will be a triangle made, whose sides are ag, gi, and i a. if a plate, similar... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 782 pages
...$ 1% degrees of either quadrant, and from its centre, draw the right line ag for the hypothenufe or axis of the gnomon agi; and from g, let fall the perpendicular £ /', upon the meridian line ai, and there will be a triangle made, whofe tides are ag, gi, and i... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 962 pages
...51| degrees of either quadrant, and from its centre, draw the right line ag for the lij palUenusc or axis of the gnomon agi ; and from g, let fall the perpendicular gi, upon the meridian line ai, and there will be a triangle made, whose sides are a £, gi, and t «. If a plate... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 pages
...51 \ degrees of either quadrant, and from its centre, draw the right line ag for the hypothenuse or axis of the gnomon agi ; and from g, let fall the perpendicular gi, upon the meridian line ai, and there will be a triangle made, whose sides are ag, gi, and i a. If a plute similar... | |
 | George Adams - 1812 - 586 pages
...finished on this dial. Lastly, through 51^ degrees on either quadrant, and from its centre, draw the right line ag for the axis of the gnomon agi, and from g let fall the perpendicular gi upon the meridian line ui, and there will be a triangle made, whose sides are ag, gi, and ia ; if a plate similar... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1839 - 554 pages
...51| degrees of either quadrant, and from its center, draw the right line ag for the hypothenuse or axis of the gnomon agi ; and from g let fall the perpendicular gi, upon the meridian line ai, and there will be a triangle made, whose sides are ag, gi, and ia. If a plate similar... | |
 | John F. Heather - 1849 - 208 pages
...the center a the arc gn; then with the extent of the latitude of the place, suppose London, 51^°, taken from the same line of chords, set one foot in...upon the horizontal meridian line an, and there will be formed a triangle ag i. A plate or triangular frame similar to this triangle, and of the thickness... | |
 | John Fry Heather - 1851 - 208 pages
...the center a the arc g n. Then with the extent of the latitude of the place, suppose London, 51^°, taken from the same line of chords, set one foot in...the other at g. From the center at a draw the line ay for the axis of the gnomon agi, and from y let fall the perpendicular gi upon the horizontal meridian... | |
 | Lucius D. Gould - 1853 - 234 pages
...the center a the arc <jn ; then with the extent of the latitude of the place, suppose London, 51£°, taken from the same line of chords, set one foot in...upon the horizontal meridian line an, and there will be formed a triangle agi. A plate or triangular frame similar to this triangle, and of the thickness... | |
 | Lucius D. Gould - 1857 - 464 pages
...the center a the arc 9 Ii ; then with the extent of the latitude of the place, suppose London, 514°, taken from the same line of chords, set one foot in...center at a draw the line ag for the axis of the gnomon ag 1, and from g let fall the perpendicular gi upon the horizontal meridian line an, and there will... | |
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From the center at a draw the line ag for the axis of the gnomon agi, and from g let fall the perpendicular gi upon the horizontal meridian line an, and there will be formed a triangle ag i. 
