 | 560 pages
...H. i3 koning we say it occurs on the 20th day, at 11 minutes past 7 in the morning. An astronomical day is the interval between two successive transits of the Sun's centre over the same meridian, and is divided into 24 hours, reckoned from 1 to 24, without any interruption... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1822 - 440 pages
...common reckoning, we say it occurs on the 20th day, at 11 minutes past 7 in the morning. An astronomical day is the interval between two successive transits of the Sun's centre over the same meridian, and is divided into twenty-four hours, reckoned from one to iwenty-four, without... | |
 | Walter Hamilton - Industries - 1825 - 486 pages
...DAY LILY. In Botany, Hemerocallis, or the beauty of a day. DAY, APPARENT. In Astronomy, W apparent day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian, which interval is subject te continual variations, owing to the excentricity... | |
 | John Hymers - Astronomy - 1840 - 386 pages
...clock being sufficiently perfect to go during so long a period without frequent re-adjusting. 189. A Solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the Sun's center over the same meridian, and begins at noon. This is sometimes called the true day, and sometimes... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - Science - 1846 - 768 pages
...flukes of the anchor to the bow, which is called fishing the anchor. DAY. In astronomy t an apparent day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian, which interval is subject to continual variations, owing to the eccentricity... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin - Mathematics - 1846 - 500 pages
...revolution on its axis. Sidereal hours are those marked by the sidereal clock already described. (Art. 28.) The solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun, and is therefore not of constant length ; hence, although the beginning of this day is marked... | |
 | H. W. Jeans - Nautical astronomy - 1853 - 314 pages
...of Aries over the same meridian. It begins when that point of Aries is on the meridian. The apparent solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian. It begins when that point is on the meridian. * According to Bessel the formula... | |
 | H. W. Jeans - Nautical astronomy - 1858 - 314 pages
...of Aries over the same meridian. It begins when that point of Aries is on the meridian. The apparent solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian. It begins when that point is on the meridian. * According to Bessel the formula... | |
 | William James Rolfe, Joseph Anthony Gillet - Astronomy - 1868 - 328 pages
...42.) A sidereal day is the interval between two successive transits of a star across the meridian. The solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun across the meridian. (15.) The solar days are of unequal length. The ordinary civil day is the... | |
 | Henry William Jeans - 1868 - 228 pages
...Aries over the same meridian. It begins when the first point of Aries is on the meridian. The apparent solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian. It begins when that point is on the meridian. 42. The length of an apparent... | |
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The solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre across the meridian of any given place. 
