 | Bryan Edwards - Agriculture - 1793 - 544 pages
...difference between the longeft day and the fhorteft ; that there is very little twilight; and finally, that when it is twelve o'clock at noon in London, it is about feven in the morning in Jamaica. BOOK THE general appearance of the country differs greatly from II.... | |
 | West Indies, British - 1810 - 86 pages
...nights are nearly "tjual, there being little inore than two hours difference ' of but short duration. When it is twelve o'clock at noon in London, it is about seven in the morning at Jamaica* A trophical year, seems properly to comprehend but two seasons, the... | |
 | Bryan Edwards - West Indies - 1819 - 644 pages
...difference between the longest day and the shortest; that there is very little twilight; and finally, that when it is twelve o'clock at noon in London, it is about seven in the morning in Jamaica. IV north and south sides of the island, which are separated by a vast... | |
 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - Geography - 1821 - 366 pages
...conies under the meridian, and the index will point to the present hour at that place. i^^-./ '' •' ' Ex. When it is twelve o'clock at noon in, London, it is aboutfour in the afternoon at Ma*uiuus,<j'r the Isle of France ; at Jamaica it is about aevetijirthe... | |
 | John Olding Butler - Celestial globes - 1850 - 376 pages
...; then turn the globe until the other r 4 place comes to the meridian, and the index will show the hour at that place *. Ex. When it is twelve o'clock at noon at London, it is two o'clock in the afternoon at St. Petersburg and Constantinople ; and when it is... | |
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Hour it is at any other place. Rule. Bring the place, where the hour is given, to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to that hour, then turn the globe till the proposed place comes under the meridian, and the index will point to... 