 | United States. Congress. House - 1885 - 558 pages
...passage of the sun's centre over the wires of a transit-instrument, when the passage of one limb only has been observed. The quantity found in this column is...II contains, for Greenwich mean noon of each day, T/ie Sun's Apparent Right Ascension, and Declination, the Equation of Time and the Sidereal Time of... | |
 | 1895 - 578 pages
...passage of the sun's center over the wires of a transit-instrument, when the passage of one limb only has been observed. The quantity found in this column is...Greenwich mean noon of each day, The Sun's Apparent Right Ascension and Declination, the Equation of Time, and the Sidereal Time of Mean Noon. The hourly changes... | |
 | 1900 - 662 pages
...passage of the Sun's center over the wires of a transit-instrument, when the passage of one limb only has been observed. The quantity found in this column is...Greenwich mean noon of each day, The Sun's Apparent Right Ascension and Declination, the Equation of Time, and the Sidereal Time of Mean Noon. The hourly changes... | |
 | William Carpenter Pendleton Muir - 1906 - 748 pages
...the sun is on the meridian, as for latitude, in which case longitude is the Greenwich apparent time. Page II contains for Greenwich mean noon of each day the sun's right ascension, declination, equation of time, and sidereal time of mean noon (EAM O ) with their... | |
 | William Carpenter Pendleton Muir - 1906 - 754 pages
...the sun is on the meridian, as for latitude, in which case longitude is the Greenwich apparent time. Page II contains for Greenwich mean noon of each day the sun's right ascension, declination, equation of time, and sidereal time of mean noon (RAM © ) with their... | |
 | 1912 - 554 pages
...passage of the Sun's center over the wires of a transit instrument, when the passage of one limb only has been observed. The quantity found in this column is...the time of transit of the second, or eastern, limb. This page is chiefly used when the Sun is observed on the meridian, at which instant the local apparent... | |
 | United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office - 1884 - 558 pages
...passage of the sun's centre over the wires of a transit.instrument, when the passage of one limb only has been observed. The quantity found in this column is...eastern, limb. Page II contains, for Greenwich mean noon ofeach day, The Sun's Apparent Right Ascen. SiOn, and Declination, the Equation of Time and the Sidereal... | |
 | United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office - 1891 - 582 pages
...of the sun's center over the wires of a transit.instrument, when the passage of one limb oiml'. has been observed. The quantity found in this column is...subtracted from the time of transit of the second, ot eastern, limb. Page II contains, for Greenwich mean noon of each day, The Sun's Apparent Right Ascen.... | |
 | United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office - 1872 - 552 pages
...passage of the sun's centre over the wires of a transit-instrument, when the passage of one limb only has been observed. The quantity found in this column is to be added to the time of transit oí' the first, or western, limb, to be subtracted from the time of transit of the second, or eastern,... | |
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The sidereal time of semidiameter passing the meridian is employed in obtaining the passage of the sun's center over the wires of a transit-instrument, when the passage of one limb only has been observed. The quantity found in this column is to be added... 