 | Sophia S. Cornell - 1861 - 414 pagina’s
...MERIDIAN ALTITUDE AT ANY PLACE ON ANY GIVEN DAY. Ride.— Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place. Find the sun's place in the ecliptic, and bring it to the brass meridian ; the number of degrees on the meridian between the horizon and the sun's place... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1868 - 354 pagina’s
...the sun's meridian altitude at any given place. Rule. — Elevate the globe for the latitude of the place. Find the sun's place in the ecliptic, and bring it to the brazen meridian : count the number of degrees contained on the meridian, between the horizon and... | |
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Elevate the pole so many degrees above the horizon as are equal to the latitude of the given place ; find the sun's place in the ecliptic, and bring it to the eastern semicircle of the horizon ; the number of degrees from the sun's place to the east point... 
