An introduction to geography and astronomy, by the use of the globes and maps, by E. and J. BruceBaldwin, 1821 |
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... vertical to that place 237 Prob . XXV . - To find all those places in the torrid zone , to which the sun is vertical on a given day .... ..... .. 239 242 Prob . XXVI . The day and hour at any place being given , to find where the sun is ...
... vertical to that place 237 Prob . XXV . - To find all those places in the torrid zone , to which the sun is vertical on a given day .... ..... .. 239 242 Prob . XXVI . The day and hour at any place being given , to find where the sun is ...
Σελίδα 138
... vertical to them , -two autumns , when he is retiring , & c . But in many places a torrent of rain follows the course of the sun , and the worst season is when the sun is vertical ; the only distinction of seasons within the tropics ...
... vertical to them , -two autumns , when he is retiring , & c . But in many places a torrent of rain follows the course of the sun , and the worst season is when the sun is vertical ; the only distinction of seasons within the tropics ...
Σελίδα 232
... vertical when it is in the zenith , or in the point directly over head . 11. Climate is a part of the surface of the earth bounded by two less circles parallel to the equator , and of such a breadth , that the longest day in the ...
... vertical when it is in the zenith , or in the point directly over head . 11. Climate is a part of the surface of the earth bounded by two less circles parallel to the equator , and of such a breadth , that the longest day in the ...
Σελίδα 233
... vertical at noon twice in the year : thus an inhabitant of the equator has the sun vertical when it is in the equinoctial . And , at any other period , the places to which the sun is vertical are those whose latitude is equal to the ...
... vertical at noon twice in the year : thus an inhabitant of the equator has the sun vertical when it is in the equinoctial . And , at any other period , the places to which the sun is vertical are those whose latitude is equal to the ...
Σελίδα 234
... vertical to the same places , but in a retrograde order . The tropic of cancer is the most northern circle de- scribed by the vertical rays of the sun ; that of capricorn the most southern . The sun is vertical only once a year at the ...
... vertical to the same places , but in a retrograde order . The tropic of cancer is the most northern circle de- scribed by the vertical rays of the sun ; that of capricorn the most southern . The sun is vertical only once a year at the ...
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Africa analemma Answ antipodes antoeci Asia Atlantic Ocean azimuth Baltic brass meridian breadth called canal cancer Cape Cape Horn Cape Verd capricorn chief towns circle degrees difference of longitude due east earth eastern ecliptic Elevate the globe England equator equinoctial Europe EXAMPLES Exports find the sun's following places France frigid zone Frith given day given hour given place Gulf harbour hemisphere horizon inhabitants Irish Sea Islands Isles June 21st latitude latitude and longitude length London longest day longitude manufactures maps Mediterranean meridian altitude month moon moon's morning mountains Newcastle noon North America northern Pacific Ocean perioeci planets pole port PROBLEM right ascension rising and setting river Russia sea-ports set the index situated Spain square miles Strait subtract sun vertical sun's altitude sun's declination sun's meridian altitude sun's place sun's rising trade tropic tropic of cancer Turkey Turn the globe woollen
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Σελίδα 383 - ALPHA BETA GAMMA DELTA EPSILON ZETA ETA THETA IOTA KAPPA LAMBDA MU NU XI OMICRON PI RHO SIGMA TAU UPSILON PHI CHI PSI OMEGA...
Σελίδα 276 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Σελίδα 122 - It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and South America, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Σελίδα 114 - Asia is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the west by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and Europe.
Σελίδα i - Seiz'd in thought, On fancy's wild and roving wing I sail From the green borders of the peopled earth, And the pale moon, her duteous fair attendant ; From solitary Mars ; from the vast orb Of Jupiter, whose huge gigantic bulk Dances in ether like the lightest leaf...
Σελίδα 139 - Burrampooter, are overflowed, and form an inundation of more than a hundred miles in width ; nothing appearing but villages and trees, excepting very rarely, the top of an elevated spot (the artificial mound of some deserted village) appearing like an island.
Σελίδα 216 - Rectify the globe for the latitude of the place ; bring the sun's place to the meridian, and set the index to 12...
Σελίδα 346 - Eclipses. An eclipse of the moon is caused by its entering into the earth's shadow, and consequently it must happen at...
Σελίδα 274 - The prime vertical is that vertical circle which passes through the east and west points.
Σελίδα 224 - Then, if the zenith distance and declination be both north or both south, add them together; but if one be north and the other south, subtract the less from the greater, and the sum or difference will be the latitude, of the same name with the greater.* EXAMPLE I.