Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 654
... globe and horizon about , that you may the terref . look on the weft fide thereof ; which turning will be arial globe . apt to jog the ball fa , as to fhift away that degree of the globe which was before set to the horizon or me- ridian ...
... globe and horizon about , that you may the terref . look on the weft fide thereof ; which turning will be arial globe . apt to jog the ball fa , as to fhift away that degree of the globe which was before set to the horizon or me- ridian ...
Page 660
... globe is turned they are carried may be confulted . round with it , the meridian ferving as an index to cut the horary divitions . The globe in this fate ferves univerfaliy and readily for folving problems in north and fouth latitudes ...
... globe is turned they are carried may be confulted . round with it , the meridian ferving as an index to cut the horary divitions . The globe in this fate ferves univerfaliy and readily for folving problems in north and fouth latitudes ...
Page 661
... globe , it may readily be converted into a tellurian ; for as the globe cannot fall out of the frame , the horizon of the globe may be placed in a perpendicular pofition : then the fun's place in the ecliptic being brought to the me ...
... globe , it may readily be converted into a tellurian ; for as the globe cannot fall out of the frame , the horizon of the globe may be placed in a perpendicular pofition : then the fun's place in the ecliptic being brought to the me ...
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