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
... meridian LL , or until the meridian comes to the fun ( according as you want the fphere or earth to move ) , and fet the hour - index to the XII , marked noon , and the whole machine will be rectified . Then turn the winch , and obferve ...
... meridian LL , or until the meridian comes to the fun ( according as you want the fphere or earth to move ) , and fet the hour - index to the XII , marked noon , and the whole machine will be rectified . Then turn the winch , and obferve ...
Page 654
... meridian , and see fun comes to the meridian LL , or until the meridian what its latitude is : the lesser latitude subtracted from comes to the sun ( according as you want the sphere or the greater , if both places are on the same Gde ...
... meridian , and see fun comes to the meridian LL , or until the meridian what its latitude is : the lesser latitude subtracted from comes to the sun ( according as you want the sphere or the greater , if both places are on the same Gde ...
Page 658
... meridian , are ex- actly alike on both globes , all the former problems concerning the fun are folved the fame way by both globes . The method alfo of rectifying the celeftial globe is the fame as rectifying the terreftrial . N. B. The ...
... meridian , are ex- actly alike on both globes , all the former problems concerning the fun are folved the fame way by both globes . The method alfo of rectifying the celeftial globe is the fame as rectifying the terreftrial . N. B. The ...
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