 | 560 pages
...H. i3 koning we say it occurs on the 20th day, at 11 minutes past 7 in the morning. An astronomical day is the interval between two successive transits of the Sun's centre over the same meridian, and is divided into 24 hours, reckoned from 1 to 24, without any interruption... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...common reckoning, we say it occurs on the 20th day, at 11 minutes past 7 in the morning. An astronomical day is the interval between two successive transits of the Sun's centre over the same meridian, and is divided into twenty-four hours, reckoned from one to iwenty-four, without... | |
 | Walter Hamilton - 1825 - 486 pages
...DAY LILY. In Botany, Hemerocallis, or the beauty of a day. DAY, APPARENT. In Astronomy, W apparent day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian, which interval is subject te continual variations, owing to the excentricity... | |
 | Edward Charles Frome - 1840 - 232 pages
...divisions of time for civil and astronomical purposes are the apparent solar, mean solar, and sidereal day. The apparent solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun over the same meridian; and from the path of the sun lying in the ecliptic inclined at an angle... | |
 | John Hymers - 1840 - 386 pages
...clock being sufficiently perfect to go during so long a period without frequent re-adjusting. 189. A Solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the Sun's center over the same meridian, and begins at noon. This is sometimes called the true day, and sometimes... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - 1846 - 768 pages
...flukes of the anchor to the bow, which is called fishing the anchor. DAY. In astronomy t an apparent day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian, which interval is subject to continual variations, owing to the eccentricity... | |
 | Edward Charles Frome - 1850 - 292 pages
...divisions of time for civil and astronomical purposes are the apparent solar, mean solar, and sidereal day. The apparent solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun over the same meridian ; and from the path of the sun lying in the ecliptic inclined at an angle... | |
 | H. W. Jeans - 1853 - 314 pages
...first point of Aries over the same meridian. It begins when that point of Aries is on the meridian. The apparent solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian. It begins when that point is on the meridian. * According to Bessel the formula... | |
 | H. W. Jeans - 1858 - 314 pages
...first point of Aries over the same meridian. It begins when that point of Aries is on the meridian. The apparent solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's centre over the same meridian. It begins when that point is on the meridian. * According to Bessel the formula... | |
 | Henry William Jeans - 1868 - 228 pages
...point of Aries over the same meridian. It begins when the first point of Aries is on the meridian. The apparent solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian. It begins when that point is on the meridian. 42. The length of an apparent... | |
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An apparent solar day is the interval between two successive transits of the sun across the meridian. 
