A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes: Or, A Philosophical View of the Earth and HeavensSamuel Wood & Sons, 1826 - 334 من الصفحات |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Aldebaran analemma Answer appear Arcturus astronomers atmosphere axis azimuth body Boötes brass meridian Bring the given Canis Minor Cape centre constellation diameter difference diurnal diurnal motion earth east eastward ecliptic Elevate the pole Epact equal equator equinoctial find the sun's fixed stars force frigid zone full moon given place globe westward heavens hence Hesiod high water horizon hour circle index has passed inhabitants Jupiter latitude length Libra London longest day longitude magnitude meridian altitude minutes month moon's morning motion night node north latitude north or south north pole number of degrees o'clock oblique observed orbit parallels of latitude planet point Aries PROBLEM quadrant of altitude rays reckoning right ascension rise and set round the sun semi-diameter set the index shadow situated solar south pole sun rises sun's altitude sun's declination sun's place surface tides tude turn the globe twilight vapours Venus vertical zenith
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 64 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
الصفحة 175 - RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLYDAYS BEGIN. EASTER DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day of March ; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.
الصفحة iii - A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; or, a Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens: comprehending an Account of the Figure, Magnitude, and Motion of the Earth: with the Natural Changes of its Surface, caused by Floods, Earthquakes, &c.: together with the Principles of Meteorology and Astronomy: with the Theory of Tides, &c. Preceded by an extensive selection of Astronomical and other Definitions, Ac.
الصفحة 207 - Problem 12 : ihen elevate the pole as many degrees above the horizon as are equal to the latitude of that place, and bring it to the brass meridian ; so will it then be the zenith or centre of the horizon.
الصفحة iv - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
الصفحة 238 - Elevate the globe to so many degrees above the horizon as are equal to the latitude of the place...
الصفحة 84 - ... the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic, and partly to the different positions in which a spectator is placed in different zones of the globe.
الصفحة 82 - In this case, it is obvious that the plane of the circle of illumination would be perpendicular to a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth...
الصفحة 172 - Indiction is 15. Solar Cycle: A period of 28 years, at the end of which the days of the month return to the same days of the week.
الصفحة 34 - The AMPLITUDE of any object in the heavens is an arc of the horizon, contained between the centre of the object when rising, or setting, and the east or west points of the horizon.