 Bring the place at which the hour is given to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour ; then turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the index will show the...  A compendium of modern geography - Page 341by Alexander Stewart - 1850 - 443 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.) - 1821 - 418 pages
...meridian at which the time is required, and set the index to the given hour. 2. Turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the index will show the time required. whichever 12 be fixed upon for noon, the hours-to the east, or righthand, will be afternoon... | |
 | James Ryan - Astronomy - 1827 - 408 pages
...hour at that place : then, turn the globe till that place for which the time is required be brought to the meridian, and the index will show the hour at that place. If the place where the hour is sought lie to the east of thai wherein the time is given, turn the globe... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1834 - 248 pages
...the hour is given to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour ; then turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the index will show the required time.f * By the revolution of the earth on its axis once in twentyfour hours, fifteen degrees... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 630 pages
...which the time is given, to the meridian, set the index to the given hour, then turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the index will show the time required. Obs. The earth turns round on its axis from the W. towards the E., and causes a different... | |
 | Alexander Reid - Geography - 1842 - 164 pages
...the index of the hour-circle to the given hour ; then turn the globe till the other place comes under the meridian, and the index will show the hour at that place : if the place at which the hour is required be to the east of that where the hour is given, the hour... | |
 | 1844 - 636 pages
...which the time is given, to the meridian, set the index to the given hour, then turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the index will show the time required. Obs. The earth turns round on its axis from the W. towards the ET and causes a different... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1848 - 486 pages
...time is given to the brass meridian, and set the index to the given hour ; turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the index will show the required time.* OR, WITHOUT THE HOUR-CIRCLE. Find the difference of longitude between the two places... | |
 | James MIDDLETON (F.G.S.) - 1848 - 262 pages
...the time is given to the brass meridian, and set the index to the given hour. Turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the index will show the time required. WITHOUT THE QLOBE. 8 hrs . min. hrs , miH. 4 2 „ 22 19. 4 „ 56 5. 3 „ 16 13. 7... | |
 | John Olding Butler - Celestial globes - 1850 - 376 pages
...without rectifying the globe, and set the index to the hour ; 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... | |
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