 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.), John Bruce - 1846 - 398 pages
...the place and the day of the month being given. 1. Elevate the globe for the latitude of the place, bring the sun's place to the meridian, and set the index to 12. 2. Fix the quadrant of altitude in the zenith, and bring it, if the sun's declination be of the... | |
 | James MIDDLETON (F.G.S.) - 1848 - 262 pages
...night being given, to find the altitude and azimuth of a star. Elevate the pole for the latitude ; bring the sun's place to the meridian, and set the index to noon. Turn the globe till the index points to the given hour. Fix the quadrant of altitude on the zenith,... | |
 | Richard Phillips (sir.) - 1851
...— Elevate the pole so many degrees above the horizon as are equal to the latitude of the place ; bring the sun's place to the meridian, and set the index to twelve. Turn the globe till the star or place of the planet comes to the eastern verge of the horizon,... | |
 | Alexander Stewart - 1882 - 516 pages
...KIJLE.—Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place, bring the sun's place in the ecliptic for the given day to the meridian, and set the index to xii.; fix the quadrant of altitude on the brass meridian over the latitude of the place, and bring the other end of it to the E. point... | |
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Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place ; bring the sun's place to the meridian, and set the index to 12... 
