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" The Altitude of a heavenly body is the arc of a vertical circle, intercepted between the horizon and the centre of the body. "
An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: In Two Parts. The First Containing a ... - Page 17
by John Gummere, Ezra Otis Kendall - 1854 - 477 pages
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New Derivative and Etymological Dictionary of Such English Words as Have ...

John Rowbotham - 1838 - 404 pages
...reciprocal ; in succession. Al'-ti-tude, s. — altitudo, height ; from altus, high. Height, elevation ; the altitude of a heavenly body is the arc of a vertical circle measured in degrees from the horizon. Al'-u-mine, or al-u-mi-na, *. — alumen, alum. Pure clay, a...
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An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: In Four Parts. Containing a Systematic ...

William Augustus Norton - 1839 - 530 pages
...of the sphere, measured by this arc. Thus, SM is the altitude of the star S. 11. The Zenith Distance of a heavenly body is the arc of a vertical circle, intercepted between its centre and the zenith ; or the distance of the centre of the body from the zenith, as measured...
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An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: In Two Parts. The First Containing, a ...

John Gummere - 1842 - 516 pages
...represents the prime vertical, seen edgewise; and 0 and W, the east and west points of the horizon. 34. The Altitude of a heavenly body is the arc of a vertical...at M. The latter is called the meridian altitude. 35. The Zenith Distance of a body is its distance from the zenith, and is equal to the complement of...
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Lexicon Scientiarum: A Dictionary of Terms Used in the Various Branches of ...

Henry McMurtrie - 1847 - 268 pages
...inserted one above another at regular distances round the stem. AL'TITUDE, Ast., Lat., altitudo, height. The arc of a vertical circle intercepted between the horizon and the centre of any celestial body. 18 Ent., Lat., dimin., of a/a, a wing. Two smatl membranous scales found in dipterous...
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Lexicon Scientiarum: A Dictionary of Terms, Etc

Henry McMurtrie - 1851 - 272 pages
...inserted one above another at regular distances round the stem. AX'TITUDE, Ast., Lat., altitudo, height. The arc of a vertical circle intercepted between the horizon and the centre of any celestial body. Af/VLJE, Ent., Lat., dimin., of ala, a wing. Two small membranous scales found...
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The Elements of Astronomy: Designed for Academies and High Schools

Elias Loomis - 1870 - 274 pages
...a vertical circle intercepted between the centre of the body and the horizon. fThe zenith distance of a heavenly body is the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between its centre and the zenith. The zenith distance is the complement of the altitude. The azimuth of a...
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Definitions and Explanations of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy: For the ...

John Clement Primrose Aldous - 1887 - 70 pages
...East and West Points are the points in Points. which the Prime Vertical cuts the Horizon. Altitude. The Altitude of a Heavenly Body is the arc of a Vertical Circle between the body and the Horizon ZenithDistance. The Zenith Distance of a Heavenly Body is the arc...
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Elements of Astronomy Designed for Academics and High Schools

Elias Loomis - 1897 - 264 pages
...of a vertical circle intercepted between the centre of the body and the horizon. The zenith distance of a heavenly body is the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between its centre and the zenith. The zenith distance is the complement of the altitude. The azimuth of a...
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A Treatise on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

William Robert Martin - 1899 - 474 pages
...celestial meridian. The east and west points are the points in which the prime vertical cuts the horizon. The altitude of a heavenly body is the arc of a vertical circle between the body and the horizon. The zenith distance of a heavenly body is the arc of a vertical circle...
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A Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation, and Nautical Astronomy ..., Volume 1

John William Norie, J. W. Saul - 1917 - 642 pages
...are perpendicular to each other. The meridian is the twelve o'clock (noon) hour-circle. ALTITUDE. — The altitude of a heavenly body is the arc of a vertical circle contained between the horizon and the centre of the object. AZIMUTH is the arc of the horizon contained...
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