 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 716 pages
...them. AZIMUTH, in astronomy, an arch of the horizon, intercepted between the meridian of the place and the azimuth, or vertical circle passing through the centre of the object, which r-. equal to the angle of the zenith formed by the meridian and vrrticle circle : or it is found... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 370 pages
...them. AZIMUTH, in astronomy, an arch of the horizon, intercepted between the meridian of the place and the azimuth, or vertical circle passing through the centre of the object, which is equal to the angle of the zenith formed by the meridian and vertical circle ; or it is found... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - Marine insurance - 1822 - 1008 pages
...being1 more refracted than the upper limb, &c., which error will not affect the magnetic amplitude. The magnetic azimuth is the angle contained between the magnetic meridian and the azimuth circle passing through the centre of the object. It is said that the attractive power of the magnet... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 894 pages
...Chinese. AZIMUTH, in Astronomy, an arch of the horizon, intercepted between the meridian of the place and the azimuth, or vertical circle passing through the centre of the object, which is equal to the angle of the zenith, formed by the meridian and vertical circle : or it is found... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 852 pages
...imperfection. AZIMUTH, in astronomy, an arch of the horizon, intercepted between the meridian of the place and the azimuth, or vertical circle passing through the centre of the object, which is equal to the angle of the zenith, formed by the meridian and vertical circle. It is found... | |
 | George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1830 - 380 pages
...and on which it turns. AZIMUTH. An arch of the horizon, intercepted between the meridian of the place and the azimuth or vertical circle passing through the centre of the object. AZIMUTH CIRCLES, or VERTICAL CIRCLES. Imaginary great circles passing through the zenith and nadir,... | |
 | George Crabb - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 434 pages
...and on which it turns. AZIMUTH. An arch of the horizon, intercepted between the meridian of the place and the azimuth or vertical circle passing through the centre of the object AZIMUTH CIRCLES, or VEHTICALCIRCLEB. Imaginary great circlce passing through the zenith and nadir,... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1834 - 1052 pages
...*•"»• "f P'""",j1' In •""""""jr. an arch of the horizon Intercepted between the meridian of the place and the azimuth, or vertical circle, passing through the centre of the object.— 2. Magaetical u:imu(4, an arch of the horizon, intercepted between the azimuth, or vertical circle,... | |
 | John Walker, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Names in the Bible - 1836 - 810 pages
...AZIMUTH, az'4-mfitfi, 92, 105: ,. The arch of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and the azimuth or vertical circle passing through the centre of the object. Magnetical azimuth is the arch ot the horizon between the sun's azimuth circle and the roagnetical... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - Nautical astronomy - 1838 - 804 pages
...contained between the true meridian and the vertical circle passing through the object's centre. 6. The magnetic azimuth is, the angle contained between...compass. PROBLEM I. Given the Latitude of a place, the Sun's Declination, and his Magifftic Amplitude ; to find the true Amplitude, and the Variation... | |
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AZIMUTH, in astronomy, an arch of the horizon, intercepted between the meridian of the place and the azimuth, or vertical circle passing through the centre of the object, which... 
