 | John BRINKLEY (Bishop of Cloyne.) - Astronomy - 1836 - 334 pages
...miles is as nothing compared with the distances of the fixed stars. It also follows that the altitude of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place. This conclusion enables *, us to solve the problems arising from the situation of the celestial circles... | |
 | Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1842 - 592 pages
...of the celestial pole coineides, therefore the elevation of the pole of the earth, or the altitude of the celestial pole, is equal to the latitude of the place. The pole bcing a point in the meridian, if any star were fixed exactly in that point, the latitude... | |
 | Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1851 - 674 pages
...of the celestial pole coincides, therefore the elevation of the pole of the earth, or the altitude of the celestial pole, is equal to the latitude of the place. The pole being a point in the meridian, if any star were fixed exactly in that point, the latitude... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1855 - 468 pages
...differently constructed for places which have different latitudes. "We have shown in a former Tract * that the elevation of the celestial pole is equal...latitude of the place where the dial is intended to be set. It follows, therefore, that a dial constructed for London would not be suitable for York, Newcastle,... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1855 - 338 pages
...differently constructed for places which have different latitudes. We have shown in a former Tract* that the elevation of the celestial pole is equal...latitude of the place where the dial is intended to be set. It follows, therefore, that a dial constructed for London would not be suitable for York, Newcastle,... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Electricity - 1858 - 438 pages
...hours, whatever be the season of the year. 667. Position of gnomon. — It is evident, therefore, that dials must be differently constructed for places which...latitude of the place where the dial is intended to be set. It follows, therefore, that a dial constructed for London would not be suitable for York, Newcastle,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 518 pages
...is its distance north or south of the celestial equator, measured on a meridian. 191. The altitude of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place where the observer is located. For the distance from the zenith to the celestial equator is the latitude... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1861 - 638 pages
...is its distance north or south of the celestial equator, measured on a meridian. 191. The altitude of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place where the observer is healed. For the distance from the zenith to the celestial equator is the latitude... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1863 - 504 pages
...is its distance north or south of the celestial equator, measured on a meridian. 191. The altitude of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place where the observer is located. For the distance from the zenith to the celestial equator is the latitude... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Physics - 1866 - 428 pages
...hours, whatever be the season of the year. 667. Position of gnomon. — It is evident, therefore, that dials must be differently constructed for places which...latitude of the place where the dial is intended to be set. It follows, therefore, that a dial constructed for London would not be suitable for York, Newcastle,... | |
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... be also equal to the latitude of the place where the dial is intended to be set. It follows, therefore, that a dial constructed for London would not be suitable for York, Newcastle, or Edinburgh. The position of the plate of the dial upon which the... 
