...other Hour lines upon the Horizontal plane, every one of them makes an Angle with the Meridian, which is meafured by an Arc of the Horizon intercepted between the Meridian and Hour Circle it belongs to. That a Sun- Dial therefore may be drawn upon an Horizontal Plane, upon any...

...horizon in the cardinal points East and West* DBF. DEF. XV. The Azimuth of a heavenly body, is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian and a vertical circle passing through that body ; it is eastern or western as the body is east or west of the meridian. SCHOL-...

...the angle at the centre of the earth measured by that arc. 13. The Azimuth of a heavenly body, is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian and a vertical circle passing through that body ; it is eastern or western as the body is east or west of the meridian. 14....

...vol. viii. p. 183. (w) AZIMUTH, in Astronomy, an Arabic word, employed by astronomers to denote the arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian and a vertical circle passing through the celestial body whose azimuth is measured. Let it be required to find the sun's...

...remedy for them, Professor Barlow, of the * Azimuth as applied to a star or any celestial object, is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian and a vertical circle passing through the object. Military Academy of Woolwich, instituted a great number of experiments...

...sun enters Libra, which is about the 21st or 22d of September. Azimuth, of the celestial bodies, is an arc of the horizon, intercepted between the meridian and a vertical circle passing through the body. Azimuth Compass, an instrument for finding the magnetic azimuth, or amplitude...

...is a variety of the azimuth compass. * Azimuth as applied to a star or any celestial object, i? nn arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian and a vertical circle passing through the object. Local Attraction of vetselt. 858. A few years since it was observed, for...

...and at an angle equal to the altitude of the pole. The azimuth3' of a celestial object is measured by an arc of the horizon, intercepted between the meridian and a vertical circle passing through the object. In (Fig. 3) KO is the azimuth of the point S from the north. The altitude...

...be drawn through their centres, perpendicular to their planes. AZIMUTH, of the celestial bodies, is an arc of the horizon, intercepted between the meridian and a vertical circle passing through the body. . i •> AZIMUTH Compass, an instrument for finding the magnetic azimuth,...

...How is the Azimuth compass constructed? * Arjmuth, as applied to a star or any celestial objrct, is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian and a vertical circle passing through the object. 1 — JTTT" -5 1-V? C5SEKTATIONS. "_^-= r il»rrJy vtidt trtati •sii...