 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 462 pages
...masters of eloquence make amplification to be the soul of discourse. AMPLITUDE, in astronomy, an arch of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point and the centre of the sun, or a planet, at its rising or setting ; and so is either north and south, or ortive... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 962 pages
...masters of eloquence make amplification to be the soul of discourse. AMPLITUDE, in astronomy, an arch of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point and the centre of the sun, or a planet, at its rising or setting; and so is either north and south, or ortive... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1829 - 238 pages
...contests between wild beasts, or beasts and men as savage as beasts. AMPLITUDE, a north or south arch of the horizon, intercepted between the east or west point ; and the centre of ltie sun, star, or planet, at its rising and seti j. AMPUTATION, surgical ; catting off a... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 820 pages
...where a multiplication of causes, circumstances, &c. is introduced. AMPLITUDE, in astronomy, an arch of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point, and the centre of the sun, or a planet, at its rising or setting ; and so is either north and south or ortive... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Astronomy - 1834 - 272 pages
...measured from the horizon. Amphiscians, are the people who inhabit the torrid zone. Amplitude, is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point, and the centre of the Sun or star at its rising or setting. Andromeda, a northern constellation, containing,... | |
 | Thomas Squire - Astronomy - 1836 - 332 pages
...shadows at noon, turned sometimes one way and sometimes another, or north and south. AMPLITUDE, is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point, and the centre of the sun, or star, at its rising or setting. ANALEMMA, is a projection of the sphere on the... | |
 | John Rowbotham - English language - 1838 - 404 pages
...good will. Am'-pli-tude, s. — amplitude, largeness, bigness, compass. In astronomy amplitude is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point, and the centre of the sun or star at its rising or setting. An'-i-mal, a. and s. — animalis, having life... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Astronomy - 1838 - 160 pages
...shadows at noon, turned sometimes one way, and sometimes another, or north and south. Amplitude, is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point, and the centre of the «un or star, at its rising or setting. Analemma, is a projection of the sphere on the... | |
 | Andrew Bell - Mathematics - 1842 - 402 pages
...east points ; SW between the south and west points ; and so on. 396. The amplitude of a body is an arc of the horizon, intercepted between the east or west point, and a vertical circle passing through the body.* 397- The declination of a body is its distance from the... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 914 pages
...circumstances, so as to excite the proper emotions in the minds of the auditors. AMTLITUPE, in astronomy, an arc of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point and the centre of the sun, or a planet, at its rising or setting. AMrLiTUDE MAGNBTICAL, is an arc of the horizon... | |
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AMPLITUDE, is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point, and the centre of the sun, or star, at its rising or setting. 
