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
... turn the winch W , until either the fun comes to the 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 ...
... turn the winch W , until either the fun comes to the 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 ...
Page 654
... turn the winch W , until either the each of these places to the brasen 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 ...
... turn the winch W , until either the each of these places to the brasen 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 ...
Page 657
... turn the globe weftward , until the fun's place comes to the weltern fide of the horizon , and it will cut the point of his amplitude at fetting . Or , you may count the rifing amplitude in degrees , from the east point of the horizon ...
... turn the globe weftward , until the fun's place comes to the weltern fide of the horizon , and it will cut the point of his amplitude at fetting . Or , you may count the rifing amplitude in degrees , from the east point of the horizon ...
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