The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... altitude ; directions to find the same by certain stars ; of the course of the sun and moon ; the length of the days ; of time and its divisions ; the method of find- ing the hour of the day and night ; and , lastly , a description of ...
... altitude ; directions to find the same by certain stars ; of the course of the sun and moon ; the length of the days ; of time and its divisions ; the method of find- ing the hour of the day and night ; and , lastly , a description of ...
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... altitude of the sun , and the time of the day , may at once readily be determined in any place , provided the latitude is known . He also showed how to correct the errors arising from the eccentricity of the eye in observing by the ...
... altitude of the sun , and the time of the day , may at once readily be determined in any place , provided the latitude is known . He also showed how to correct the errors arising from the eccentricity of the eye in observing by the ...
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... altitudes of the sun or stars , with some contrivances for more readily find- ing the latitude from the observation . The ... altitude with correctness , Wright observed it to be necessary that the dip of the visible hori- zon below the ...
... altitudes of the sun or stars , with some contrivances for more readily find- ing the latitude from the observation . The ... altitude with correctness , Wright observed it to be necessary that the dip of the visible hori- zon below the ...
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... altitudes in many trading vessels . The sextant , therefore , will first be described , and afterwards those points in which the quadrant differs from the sextant will be explained . The reader is supposed to be aware of the ordinary ...
... altitudes in many trading vessels . The sextant , therefore , will first be described , and afterwards those points in which the quadrant differs from the sextant will be explained . The reader is supposed to be aware of the ordinary ...
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... altitudes at sea to take off the strong glare of the horizon . The sextant is furnished with a plane tube K ; and in The tele- order to render objects distinct , it has two telescopes - one a scopes . Galileo's telescope , representing ...
... altitudes at sea to take off the strong glare of the horizon . The sextant is furnished with a plane tube K ; and in The tele- order to render objects distinct , it has two telescopes - one a scopes . Galileo's telescope , representing ...
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