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A grammar of geography, by J. Goldsmith - Page 207
by sir Richard Phillips - 1868
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Geography: Or, A Description of the World, in Three Parts : Part I ...

Daniel Adams - 1830 - 370 pages
...sun's place, found in the ecliptic for that day, to the meridian, which shows his declination ; clevate the pole to that declination ; then bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to twelve o'clock at noon. Turn the globe till the index points to the given hour; and the place exactly...
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Elements of Astronomy: Descriptive and Physical ...

Hervey Wilbur - 1831 - 170 pages
...place for the given day to the brass meridian; mark its declination) bring the given place to the brass meridian, and set the index to the given hour ; turn the globe till the index points to 12 ; the degree of the Sun's declination for that day shews the place to which it is vertical at the...
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A Geography for the Use of Schools ...

Jacob Willetts - 1831 - 220 pages
...the degree which Stands over it shows die sun's declination ; elevate the pole to that declination, bring the given place to the meridian and set the index to 12 ; then if the given time be before noon, turn the globe westward as many hours as it wants of (...
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A grammar of modern geography. [With] Praxis

Aaron Arrowsmith - 1832 - 546 pages
...found the Sun's Declination for the given day by the last Problem, bring the given place to the Brazen Meridian, and set the Index to the given hour. Turn the globe till the Index points to XII. at noon, and to the place exactly under the Sun's Declination on the Brazen Meridian will the...
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Elements of Astronomy, Descriptive and Physical: In which the General ...

Hervey Wilbur - 1834 - 172 pages
...for the given day to the brass meridian ; mark its declination ; bring the given place to the brass meridian, and set the index to the given hour; turn the globe till the index points to 12; the degree of the Sun's declination for that day shews the place to which it is vertical at the...
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An Abridgement of Universal Geography, Modern and Ancient

Adriano Balbi - 1835 - 578 pages
...at any given place, as JVeic York, to find what hour it is in any other part of the world.—Bring the given place, to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour; then turn the globe till the other place come to the meridian, and the hour at which the index points...
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A New System of Practical Astronomy: Made Plain and Easy to Those who Have ...

Thomas Spofford - 1835 - 84 pages
...die sun as many degrees abort lie horizon as are equal lo the sun's declination on the given day • bring the given place to the meridian and set the index to 12 ; (hen if (he given lime is before noon, turn the globe westward if aliernoon, eastward, as many...
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A Pictorial Geography of the World: Comprising a System of Universal ...

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - 516 pages
...anij giren place, as .Veto York, toßnd trhul hour it is in any other part of the trorld. — liring the given place, to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour ; then turn the globe till the other place come to the meridian, and the hour at which the index points...
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Lessons in Geography and Astronomy on the Globes: Supplementary to the ...

A. Fleming - 1844 - 120 pages
...given star will be on the meridian at a given hour. Bring the given star to the meridian of the globe, and set the index to the given hour. Turn the globe till the index points to XII. noon. Then the sun's place and the day of the year required will be found at the meridian, marked...
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Lessons in Geography and Astronomy on the Globes: Supplementary to the ...

A. Fleming - 1844 - 122 pages
...the Antipodes of each other. They live at points diametrically opposite to each other. PROBLEM 21. Bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to XII. The antceci are then found at the meridian, under the same degree of opposite latitude with that...
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