 | Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1842 - 592 pages
...angle formed by the true meridian, and a vertical cirele passing through the centre of that object. The magnetic azimuth is the angle contained between...the magnetic meridian, and the azimuth or vertical cirele, passing through the centre of the object, or it is the compass bearing of the object, at any... | |
 | John Boag - English language - 1848 - 816 pages
...âz'6-muiA, «. In astronomy, an arch of the horizon intercepted between tho meridian of the place and the azimuth, or vertical circle, passing through the centre of the object. Magnctical a:i77Ш(Л, an arch of the horizon, intercepted between the azimuth, or vertical circle,... | |
 | Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1851 - 674 pages
...angle formed by the true meridian, and a vertical circle passing through the centre of that object. The magnetic azimuth is the angle contained between...circle, passing through the centre of the object, or, it is the compass bearing of the object, at any given altitude above the horizon ; hence, when the... | |
 | Edward Loggan - 1851 - 76 pages
...intersect the horizon at right angles. AZIMUTH. The Azimuth is an arch of the horizon contained between the Azimuth or vertical circle, passing through the centre of the object and the meridian of the place. PRIME VERTICAL. That vertical circle which passes through the East and... | |
 | John William Norie - Nautical astronomy - 1852 - 844 pages
...in the hori?on. The TRUE AZIMUTH of an object is an arch of the horizon contained between the true meridian and the azimuth, or vertical circle passing through the centre of the object. The MAGNETIC AZIMUTH is an arch contained between the magnetic meridian and the azimuth, or vertical... | |
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AZIMUTH, in astronomy, an arch of the horizon, intercepted between the meridian of the place and the azimuth, or vertical circle passing through the centre of the object, which... 
