A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes: Or, A Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens

Thomas Keith

Samuel Wood & Sons, 1826 - 334 pagina's

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Pegasus	26

Page	30

Culminating Point	35

Positions of the Sphere 65	38

A table of climates	40

Tables of the constellations alphabetically arranged with the number of stars in each constellation and the names of the principal stars together with th...	46

Degree length of note	47

33	55

A table showing the number of direction for finding Easter Sunday	173

A table for finding Easter till the year 1900	174

46	176

PART III	178

To find the distance between any two places	184

A table of the number of geographical and English miles which make a degree in any given parallel of latitude	187

To find how many Miles make a Degree of Longi	190

A particular place and the hour of the day at that	196

Digit	56

Ecliptic	80

A table of the velocity and pressure of the winds	112

Vapours	113

Dew	114

Snow and Hail	115

The Falling Stars	116

Of the Ignus Fatuus	117

Of the Aurora Borealis	118

PART II	123

Of the Situation of the principal Constellations and the III Of the Motion of the Fixed Stars by the Precession of the manner of distinguishing them fr...	126

A table of the time of culminating of the zodiacal constellations on the first day of every month and the semidiurnal arc at Lon don	127

Ellipsis note	128

Equinoxes by Aberration and by the Nutation of the Earths Axis their proper Motions Distance variable Appearance c	133

The Method of Measuring the Altitudes Zenith Distan ces c of the Heavenly Bodies including a Descrip tion of the Astronomical Quadrant Circular a...	137

Of the Solar System	139

Of the Sun	140

Of Mercury	141

Elongation	142

Of Venus	143

Of the Earth and the Moon	146

Of Mars	153

Of Vesta	154

Of Juno	155

Equator	156

Of Jupiter and his Satellites	157

A table of the configurations of the satellites of Jupiter	159

Of Saturn his Satellites and Ring	160

A table of the satellites of Saturn	162

Of the Georgium Sidus and its Satellites	163

On the nature of Comets the Elongations Stationary and Retrograde Appearances of the Planets and on the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon	164

Of the Elongations c of the Interior Planets	165

A table of the Epacts till the year 1900	172

Equation of Time	199

Historical Account	201

To place the Globe in the same situation with res	205

The month and day of the month being given	211

Of the General Properties of Matter and the Laws of	212

To find the time of the Suns rising and setting	215

To find the number of days which the Sun rises	221

To find the duration of twilight at the North	227

A table of the equation of time dependent on the obliquity of the ecliptic for every degree of the suns longitude	230

When it is midnight at any place in the Temperate	233

Given the latitude of the place and the day of	238

Given the day of the month and the suns amplitude	245

A table of all the visible eclipses which will happen in	250

To find the time of the year when the Sun or Moon	252

The latitude of a place being given to find the hour	258

VI	259

To make a horizontal dial for any latitude	262

A table of the hour arcs and angles for a horizontal dial for	264

PROBLEMS PERFORMED BY THE CELESTIAL GLOBE	268

To find the amplitude of any Star its oblique	274

Equinoctial Points	280

To illustrate the precession of the Equinoxes	281

To find the distances of the stars from each	282

Equulus	287

To find all those places on the Earth to which	288

The latitude of the place the day of the month	294

Bayers Characters of	304

A table of the time of high water at new and full moon	307

Figure	308

Geocentric	316

Greek Alphabet	326

84	327

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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen

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

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Bibliografische gegevens

Titel	A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes: Or, A Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens
Auteur	Thomas Keith
Editie	4
Uitgever	Samuel Wood & Sons, 1826
Oorspronkelijk uit	Harvard University
Gedigitaliseerd	15 jan 2008
Lengte	334 pagina's

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