 | Jesse Olney - Geography - 1833 - 300 pages
...the sun rise and set at Hartford on the 5th of February ? A. The sun rises at 7, and sets at 5. OB, Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place, find the sun's place in the ecliptic and bring it tp the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12. Turn the globe westward till the... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - Astronomy - 1834 - 272 pages
...heavens at that time at the place, and to point out the situations of the several stars. Elevate the pole for the latitude of the place, find the Sun's place in the ecliptic, and bring it to the meridian, and set the index to 12 ; if the time be afternoon turn the globe westward, if in the forenoon... | |
 | John Vose - Astronomy - 1834 - 230 pages
...year, what hour the Sun rises and sets; also the length of the day and night. The globe being rectified for the latitude of the place, find the Sun's place in the ecliptic, and bring it to the brazen meridian. Set the index at 12. Turn the globe eastward till the Sun's place comes to the horizon,... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1834 - 248 pages
...heavens at that time. Rule. — Elevate the pole so many degrees above the horizon as are equal to the latitude of the place ; find the sun's place in the ecliptic, bring it to the brazen meridian, and set the index to twelve ; turn the globe till the index points... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Geography - 1835 - 298 pages
...the sun rise and set at Hartford on the 5th of February ? A. The sun rises at 7, and sets at 5. OR, Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place, find...in the ecliptic and bring it to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12. Turn the globe westward till the son's place comes to the... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Geography - 1836 - 294 pages
...the sun rise and set at Hartford on the 5th of February ? A. The sun rises at 7, and sets at 5. OB, Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place, find...in the ecliptic and bring it to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour circle to 12. Turn the globe westward till the sun's place comes to the... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Geography - 1838 - 300 pages
...the index will point to the hour at that place. PROBLEM VII. To find the Sim' i declination. ROLL— Find the sun's place in the ecliptic, and bring it to the bran meridian, and tlie degree over it is the eun's declination. What is the sun's declination on the... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1840 - 132 pages
...the sun rises and sets, and the length of the day and night, at any place, on any day of the year. Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place ; find the sun's place for the given day on the wooden horizon, and bring that sign and degree of the ecliptic to the meridian;... | |
 | John Rorke - 1844 - 188 pages
...August ? PROB. 21. Given the month and day of the month, to find the sun's amplitude at any place. Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place ; find the sun's place for the given day, and turn it to the eastern side of the horizon : then, the degrees intercepted between... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1845 - 370 pages
...2. Place the globe due north and south upon a horizontal plane, as before, and elevate the pole to the latitude of the place ; find the sun's place in the ecliptic, bring it to the brass meridian, and set the index of the hour-circle to XII ; stick a, needle perpendicularly... | |
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Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place. Find the sun's place in the ecliptic, and bring it to the brass meridian ; the number of degrees on the meridian between the horizon and the sun's place is the altitude required. 
