 | Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler - Astronomy - 1826 - 640 pages
...the earth, it never passes beneath the horizon of the place in the course of this rotation. Thence the altitude of the pole is equal to the latitude of the place. § 173. We have already seen how the difference of Longitude of two places on earth is determined,... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...at any station, and from their known polar distances, we conclude the height of the pole ; and since the altitude of the pole is equal to the latitude of the place (art. 95.), the same observations give the latitudes of any stations where we may establish the requisite... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 pages
...at any station, and from their known polar distances, we conclude the height of the pole ; and since the altitude of the pole is equal to the latitude of the place (art. 95.), the same observations give the latitudes of any stations where we may establish the requisite... | |
 | William Augustus Norton - Astronomy - 1839 - 530 pages
...place, its altitude will be the arithmetical mean, or the half sum of the altitudes of these points, and the altitude of the pole is equal to the latitude of the place (Art. 28.) 60. When the right ascension and declination of a heavenly body have been obtained from... | |
 | Roswell Park - Best books - 1841 - 722 pages
...pole, both when above and below it, and bisecting the difference, after correcting it for refraction. The altitude of the pole is equal to the latitude of the place ; and the longitude may be found by means of a chronometer; which is a very accurate timepiece; or... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1844 - 788 pages
...North latitudes, the North Pole is elevated and in South latitudes, the South Pole is elevated. Since the altitude of the pole is equal to the latitude of the place, we can find what the latitude of the place is, provided we can observe the meridian altitude of the... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - School buildings - 1847 - 606 pages
...moon. 3. The stationary and retrograde motions of the planets. SECTION II. 1. Show that the elevation of the Pole is equal to the latitude of the" place of observation. 2. On the 3rd May, 1842, when the sun's declination was 15° 39', the true meridian alt. of the sun's... | |
 | Roswell Park - Best books - 1847 - 626 pages
...pole, both when above and below it, and bisecting the difference, after correcting it for refraction. The altitude of the pole is equal to the latitude of the place ; and the longitude may be found by means of a chronometer; which is a very accurate timepiece; or... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1849 - 672 pages
...at any station, and from their known polar distances, we conclude the height of the pole ; and since the altitude of the pole is equal to the latitude of the place (art. 119), the same observations give the latitudes of any stations where we may establish the requisite... | |
 | Robert Main - Astronomy - 1852 - 186 pages
...observation. But p H is the altitude of the pole above the horizon. Hence we have this general rule, the altitude of the pole is equal to the latitude of the place of observation. 58. Also zp, the arc included between the zenith and the pole, is the complement of the latitude, or... | |
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... since the altitude of the pole is equal to the latitude of the place (art. 
