 | Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 696 pages
...instant of observation, and the moment when the heavenly body is upon this same meridian. Azimuth. The azimuth of a body, is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the south point, and that in which a vertical circle passing through the zenith and the body, cuts the... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1827 - 564 pages
...instant of observation, and the moment when the heavenly body is upon this same meridian. Azimuth. | The azimuth of a body, is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the south point, rnd that in which a vertical circle passing tlirough the zenith and the body, cuts the... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1829 - 552 pages
...instant of observation, and the moment when the heavenly body is upon this same meridian. Azimuth. | The azimuth of a body, is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the south point, and that in which a vertical circle passing through the zenith and the body, cuts the... | |
 | John Gummere - 1842 - 516 pages
...equal to the complement of the altitude of the body. Thus ZS is the zenith distance of a body at S. 36. The Azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted...azimuth of a body at S ; from the south towards the nest* 37. The Culmination of a body is the passage of its centre over the meridian of a place. This... | |
 | Henry W. Jeans - 1842 - 138 pages
...between the place of the body and the horizon : thus XO is the altitude of X. The azimuth of a heavenly body is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the north or south points, and the circle of altitude passing through the place of the body ; or it is the corresponding... | |
 | James Inman - 1849 - 302 pages
...altitude intercepted between the place of the body in the celestial concave and the horizon. The azimuth is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the north or south point, and the circle of altitude passing through the place of the body : or it is the corresponding angle... | |
 | Janet Taylor - 1851 - 674 pages
...from the horizon to the zenith, this increase is called the augmentation of the moon's semidiameter. The azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the vertical circle and the meridian, or, it is the angle at the zenith, formed by the meridian and the... | |
 | John Gummere - 1857 - 526 pages
...equal to the complement of the altitude of the body. Thus ZS is the zenith distance of a body at S. 36. The Azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted...reference to the horizon and meridian of a place. 18 ASTRONOMY. 37. The Culmination of a body is the passage of its centre over / the meridian of a place.... | |
 | Elias Loomis - 1866 - 384 pages
...from the zenith measured on a vertical circle. The zenith distance is the complement of the altitude. The azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted...south point of the horizon, and a vertical circle passing through the body. Altitudes and azimuths are measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. The... | |
 | Henry William Jeans - 1868 - 228 pages
...of the body intercepted between the place and the horizon. 33. The azimuth, or bearing of a heavenly body, is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the north or south points and the circle of altitude passing through the place of the body; or it_is the corresponding... | |
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The azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the north or south point of the horizon, and a vertical circle passing through the body. 
