...that Body, intercepted between the Center of it and the celeilial, Equacor-, and it is either North cr South, according as the Body is on the North or South Side of the; Equator. 51. Since. the Sun by his annual Motion is al ways either, Approaching nearer to, or going further...

...heavenly body is its angular distance from the ecliptic, and is called north or south latitude aceording as the body is on the north or south side of the ecliptic. The longitude of a heavenly body is an arch of the ecliptic intercepted between the first...

...of a heavenly body, is its angular distance from the ecliptic, and is called north or south latitude according as the body is on the north or south side of the ecliptic. The longitude of a heavenly body is an arch of the ecliptic intercepted between the first...

...minutes, &c. upon the arc of a great circle which is perpendicular to it. It is called north or south, as the body is on the north or south side of the ecliptic. 18. Parallels of celestial latitude are small circles parallel to the ecliptic. 19. The longitude...

...body is the arc of a circle of latitude intercepted between the body and the ecliptic. The latitude is north or south, according as the body is on the north or south side of the ecliptic. Thus, EH is the longitude and HS the latitude of the star S, north. The longitude and latitude...

...declination circle; and PSP', PS'P' are arcs of declination circles. 27. The Declination of a heavenly hody, or of any point in the celestial sphere, is the arc...circle. Thus PS is the polar distance of a body at 8. The declination and polar distance are the complements of each other. It is also evident that the...