 | Thomas Keith - 1839 - 498 pages
...centre of that object and the pole of the equinoctial. (535) The amplitude of any celestial object is an arc of the horizon, contained between the centre...object when rising or setting, and the east or west point of the horizon. (536) The azimuth of any object in the heavens, is an arc of the horizon, contained... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 914 pages
...west point and the centre of the sun, or a planet, at its rising or setting. AMrLiTUDE MAGNBTICAL, is an arc of the horizon contained between the centre of the celestial body when rising or setting, and the east or west point of the compass. It is always equal... | |
 | Alexander Baharie - 1844 - 218 pages
...and touch the ecliptic in the points of Cancer and Capricorn. The amplitude of any celestial object is an arc of the horizon contained between the centre...or west points of the horizon. The azimuth of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between an azimuth, or vertical circle, (passing... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1845 - 370 pages
...centre of that object and the pole of the equinoctial. 48. The AMPLITUDE of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between the centre...setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. Or, it is the distance which the sun or a star rises from the east, and sets from the west, and is... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1848 - 486 pages
...centre of that object and the pole of the equinoctial. 48. The AMPLITUDE of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between the centre...setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. Or, it is the distance which the sun or a star rises from the east, and sets from the west, and is... | |
 | Thomas Ewing (of Edinburgh.) - Geography - 1848 - 418 pages
...between the clock and the sun, likewise the declination * The amplitude of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between the centre of the object when rising or setting, and the E. or W. points of the horizon. Or it is the distance which the sun or a star rises from the E. and... | |
 | John William Norie - Nautical astronomy - 1852 - 844 pages
...circle, passing through the centre of the object, and the meridian of the place. The amplitude is an arch of the horizon, contained between the centre of the...setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. The ecliptic is that great circle in the heavens which the sun appears to describe in the course of a year,... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Geography - 1859 - 438 pages
...horizon. The Amplitude of a heavenly body is that arc of the horizon, comprebended between an object at rising or setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. The Colures are two great circles which pass through the poles of the heavens, dividing the ecliptic into... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - Geography - 1861 - 364 pages
...horizon. The Amplitude of a heavenly body is that arc of the horizon, comprehended between an object at rising or setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. The Colures are two great circles which pass through the poles of the heavens, dividing the ecliptic into... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Geography - 1862 - 432 pages
...horizon. The Amplitude of a heavenly body is that arc of the horizon, comprehended between an object at rising or setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. The Colures are two great circles which pass through the poles of the heavens, dividing the ecliptic into... | |
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The AMPLITUDE of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between the centre of the object when rising, or setting, and the east or west points of the horizon. Or, it is... 
