 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1827 - 564 pages
...position of places upon the earth. Horary imgie. | The horary angle of a heavenly body, is the angle which is formed at the pole, at the instant of observation,...of the horizon intercepted between the south point, rnd that in which a vertical circle passing tlirough the zenith and the body, cuts the horizon. Amplitude.... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1829 - 552 pages
...position of places upon the earth. Horary mgie. | The horary angle of a heavenly body, fe the angle which is formed at the pole, at the instant of observation,...through the zenith and the body, cuts the horizon. Amplitud«. | Amplitude is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the point where the body rises... | |
 | John Gummere - 1837 - 506 pages
...arc of a vertical circle intercepted between the horizon and the centre of the body, or the point. The Azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted between a declination circle through the centre of the body, and the north or south point of the horizon. The... | |
 | John Gummere - 1842 - 516 pages
...equal to the complement of the altitude of the body. Thus ZS is the zenith distance of a body at S. 36. The Azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the north or south point of the horizon, and a vertical circle through the centre of the body. Thus BR... | |
 | Alexander Baharie - 1844 - 218 pages
...body is upon the same meridian. Q. What is an azimuth ? A. The azimuth of a body, in north latitude, is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the...through the zenith and the body, cuts the horizon. Q. What is an amplitude ? A. Amplitude is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the point where... | |
 | Janet Taylor - 1851 - 674 pages
...from the horizon to the zenith, this increase is called the augmentation of the moon's semidiameter. The azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the vertical circle and the meridian, or, it is the angle at the zenith, formed by the meridian and the... | |
 | John Gummere, Ezra Otis Kendall - 1854 - 484 pages
...to the complement of the altitude of the body. Thus ZS is the zenith distance of a body at S. ^B). The Azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the north or south point of the horizon, and a vertical circle through the centre of the body. Thus BR... | |
 | Elias Loomis - 1866 - 384 pages
...from the zenith measured on a vertical circle. The zenith distance is the complement of the altitude. The azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the north or south point of the horizon, and a vertical circle passing through the body. Altitudes and... | |
 | Elias Loomis - 1870 - 398 pages
...from the zenith measured on a vertical circle. The zenith distance is the complement of the altitude. The azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the north or south point of the horizon, and a vertical circle passing through the body. Altitudes and... | |
 | John Thornton (M.A.) - 1890 - 372 pages
...upper and a lower culmination, and the half sum of these two altitudes gives the latitude of the place. The azimuth of a body is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the south point of the horizon and the foot of the vertical circle passing through the body. It may also be defined... | |
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The azimuth of a body, is the arc of the horizon intercepted between the south point, and that in which a vertical circle passing through the zenith and the body, cuts the horizon. Amplitud«. 
