 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.), John Bruce - 1846 - 398 pages
...Setting of the Sun, and the Length of the Day and Night. 1. Elevate the globe for the sun's declination, bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to 12. 2. Turn the globe till the given place come to the eastern edge of the horizon, and the index will... | |
 | James MIDDLETON (F.G.S.) - 1848 - 262 pages
...place and the day of the month being given. RDLE I. Elevate the pole equal to the sun's declination. Bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to twelve. Turn the globe till the place comes to the eastern edge of the horizon, and the index will... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1848 - 486 pages
...declination ; elevate the pole equal to the sun's declination ; bring the given place to the brass meridian, and set the index to the given hour ; turn the globe on its axis until the index points to noon ; then all places along the western edge of the horizon... | |
 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.), John Bruce - 1850 - 372 pages
...XIII. Barbadoes. Having the Hour given at anyplace, to find where it is Noon. BY THE GLOBE.—Bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour. Turn the globe till the index point to 12 at noon, and the places then under the meridian are those required. BY CALCULATION.—Reduce... | |
 | B. S. Booth - 1852 - 32 pages
...given day and hour. Find the sun's declination (by Problem 10.), & notice it on the brass meridian. Bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour. Lastly, turn the globe on its axis till the index points to noon, and the place immediately under the... | |
 | Edmund Markham Heale - 1853 - 296 pages
...Cayenne ? PROBLEM XIII. Having the Hour given at any place, to find where it is Noon. By the Globe. — Bring the given place to the meridian, and set the...given hour. Turn the globe till the index points to 12 at noon, and the places then under the meridian are those required. By Calculation. — Reduce the... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1854 - 154 pages
...any otfier place. RULE 1. — Bring the place, at which the time is given, to the brazen meridian, set the index to the given hour, turn the globe till the other place comes to the meridian, and the index will show the hour required. NOTE. — If the place,... | |
 | Thomas Turner Tate - 1855 - 442 pages
...XII.) ; this gives the latitude of the required place ; bring the given place to the brass meridian ; set the index to the given hour ; turn the globe till the index points to XII. noon ; then all the places under the brass meridian will have noon at the given time, and the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 1016 pages
...knoim at any given place, as Лею 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 nour ; then turn the globe till Ihe olher place come to the meridian, and the hour at which the index... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 828 pages
...being knoicn at any given place, as Jfew 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 nour ; then turn the globe till the other place come to the meridian, and the hour at which the index... | |
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... then bring the given place to the meridian, and set the index to the given hour. Turn the globe till the index points to... 
