 | William Chauvenet - 1863 - 764 pages
...sun at the Greenwich meridian at the same instant is the corresponding Greenwich lime. This time we shall have constant occasion to use, both because longitudes in this country and England arc reckoned from the Greenwich meridian, and because the American and British Nautical Almanacs are... | |
 | William Chauvenet - 1864 - 726 pages
...sun at the Greenwich meridian at the same instant is the cor respond ing Greenwich time. This time we shall have constant occasion to use, both because...Greenwich meridian, and because the American and British Xauticai Almanacs are computed for Greenwich time.* The difference between the local time at any meridian... | |
 | William Chauvenet - 1874 - 724 pages
...sun at the Greenwich meridian at the same instant is the corresponding Greenwich time. This time we shall have constant occasion to use, both because...time.* The 'difference between the local time at any meridia7\ and the Greenwich time is equal to the longitude of that meridian from Greenwich, expressed... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1888 - 704 pages
...local (solar) time. The hour angle of the sun at the same instant is the corresponding Grcetrwic/i time. The difference between the local time at any...the Greenwich time is equal to the longitude of that place from Greenwich (that being, as before stated, the prime meridian for American Navigators), expressed... | |
 | William Chauvenet - 1900 - 722 pages
...corresponding Greenwich time. This time we shall have constant occasion to use, both because longitude* in this country and England are reckoned from the...longitude of that meridian from Greenwich, expressed iu time, observing that 1* = 15°. The difference between the local times of any two Fie- 10meridians... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1906 - 670 pages
...same body and points from Greenwich are respectively the Greenwich apparent, mean, and sidereal times. The difference between the local time at any meridian...the Greenwich time is equal to the longitude of that place from Greenwich expressed in time; the conversion from time to arc may be effected by a simple... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1916 - 912 pages
...same body and points from Greenwich are respectively the Greenwich apparent, mean, tod sidereal times. The difference between the local time at any meridian...the Greenwich time is equal to the longitude of that place from Greenwich expressed in time; the conversion from time to arc may be effected by a simple... | |
 | John William Norie, J. W. Saul - 1917 - 642 pages
...The westerly hour angle of the sun at the Greenwich meridian at the same instant is the corresponding Greenwich time. The difference between the local time...of that meridian from Greenwich, expressed in time, on the basis of ih. = 15°. The difference between the local time of any two meridians is equal to... | |
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This time \ve shall have constant occasion to use, both because longitudes in this country and England are reckoned from the Greenwich meridian, and because the American and British Nautical Almanacs are computed for Greenwich time.* The difference between... 