 | William Schmolz - 1859 - 196 pages
...return to the same meridian. Solar Time. — Solar Time is measured by the daily motion of the sun. A Solar Day is the interval of time between two successive transits of the sun over the same meridian ; and the hour angle of the sun is called Solar Time, This is the most natural... | |
 | Charles Joyce White - 1872 - 300 pages
...towards the west, which the rotation of the earth gives to all celestial bodies and points. A sidereal day is the interval of time between two successive transits of the vernal equinox over the same branch of the meridian. A solar day is the interval between two similar... | |
 | United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office - 1876 - 550 pages
...of no practical importance. Solar Time. — Solar time is measured by the daily motion of the sun. A Solar Day is the interval of time between two successive transits of tho sun over the same meridian ; and the hour angle of the sun is called Solar Time. This is the most... | |
 | Simon Newcomb, Edward Singleton Holden - 1880 - 542 pages
...zero. We thus have to recognize two slightly different kinds of days : solar days and mean days. A solar day is the interval of time between two successive transits of the sun over the same meridian, while a mean day is the mean of all the solar days in a year. If we had... | |
 | Simon Newcomb, Edward Singleton Holden - 1881 - 584 pages
...zero. We thus have to recognize two slightly different kinds of days : solar days and mean days. A solar day is the interval of time between two successive transits of the sun over the same meridian, while a mean day is the mean of all the solar days in a year. If we had... | |
 | Nathan Newby - 1884 - 206 pages
...is called time. The Primary Unit. The average solar day is taken as the primary unit of time. (1.) A Solar day is the interval of time between two successive transits of the vertical rays of the sun across a given meridian. This interval varies at different times. (2.) The... | |
 | Titbits - 1884 - 376 pages
...to the next, is twelve hours twenty-four minutes, very nearly, or just, half a " lunar" day. A lunar day is the interval of time between two successive transits of the moon across the meridian. 196. — Whence arose the expression " bine stocking" ? A blue-stocking really... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1885 - 558 pages
...that used for all the purposes of ordinary life, and is measured by the daily motion of the sun. A Solar Day is the interval of time between two successive transits of the sun over the same meridian; and tho hour-angle of the sun is called Solar Time. This is the most natural... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1887 - 722 pages
...The transit of a heavenly body is its passage across the celestial meridian. tho vernal equinox. A solar day is the interval of time between two successive transits of the sun. The apparent motion of the sun is not uniform, and hence use is made of a fictitious, or mcnn... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1887 - 372 pages
...eye 20 ft. § 22. TIME. Apparent Solar Time is measured by the daily motion of the sun. An Apparent Solar Day is the interval of time between two successive transits of the sun over the same meridian. This interval is not always the same, for two reasons : 1. The sun moves... | |
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A Solar Day is the interval of time between two successive transits of the sun over the same meridian; and the hour-angle of the sun is called Solar Time. 
