 | Henry Curson - Arithmetic - 1702 - 444 pages
...the fetting thereof. Right Afcenfion is the Number of Degrees and Minutes of the Equinoctial (counted from the beginning of Aries) which cometh to the Meridian with the Sun or Stars, or with any portion of the Eclyptick. Oblique Afcenfion is an Arch of the Equinoctial... | |
 | H. Curzon - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1712 - 596 pages
...Right Afcenjion is the Number of Degrees Right Afcenfion, and Minutes of the Equinodtial, (counted from the beginning of Aries) which cometh to the Meridian with the Sun or Stars, or with any Portion of the Ecliptick. Defcenjion is the fetting thereof. Defcenfion.... | |
 | James Atkinson - Navigation - 1770 - 514 pages
...Cceleftial Objeft. 8. Declination, is an Arc of the Meridian, comprehended between the Equinoctial, and the Center of the Sun or Star, or any Point of the Heavens : It is North Declination on the North Side of the Equinoctial, but South Declination when... | |
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Equinoctial (counted from the beginning of Aries) which cometh to the Meridian with the Sun or Stars, or with any portion of the Eclyptick. 