The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... means of a ring dial and a twenty - four hour glass . The same year the discovery of the dipping - needle was made by ... mean , that the maps should in some measure represent the figures of the countries for which they are drawn . In ...
... means of a ring dial and a twenty - four hour glass . The same year the discovery of the dipping - needle was made by ... mean , that the maps should in some measure represent the figures of the countries for which they are drawn . In ...
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... mean between the two cosines , is preferred on account of its being less oper- ose ; yet in high latitudes it is more eligible to use that of the arithmetical mean between the logarithmic cosines , equivalent to the geometrical mean ...
... mean between the two cosines , is preferred on account of its being less oper- ose ; yet in high latitudes it is more eligible to use that of the arithmetical mean between the logarithmic cosines , equivalent to the geometrical mean ...
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... mean of the two latitudes for that of the mean latitude ; secondly , by using the arith- metical mean of the cosines of the latitudes ; thirdly , by using the geometrical mean of these cosines ; and , lastly , by employing the latitude ...
... mean of the two latitudes for that of the mean latitude ; secondly , by using the arith- metical mean of the cosines of the latitudes ; thirdly , by using the geometrical mean of these cosines ; and , lastly , by employing the latitude ...
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... mean solar day , which is the average of all the apparent solar days in the year , is employed . An imaginary body , called the mean sun , is supposed to de- scribe the equator uniformly with the true sun's average or mean daily motion ...
... mean solar day , which is the average of all the apparent solar days in the year , is employed . An imaginary body , called the mean sun , is supposed to de- scribe the equator uniformly with the true sun's average or mean daily motion ...
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... mean sidereal time to be reckoned from the transit not of the true but of the mean equinoctial point . The smallness of the fluctuations to which a clock regulated to apparent sidereal time , compared with one regulated to mean sidereal ...
... mean sidereal time to be reckoned from the transit not of the true but of the mean equinoctial point . The smallness of the fluctuations to which a clock regulated to apparent sidereal time , compared with one regulated to mean sidereal ...
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