American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volumen6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 |
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... meridian , and set the hour - hand to XII ; then turn the globe till the sun's place touches the east part of the horizon , the index will shew the hour of its rising ; after that turn the globe to the west part of the ho- rizon , and ...
... meridian , and set the hour - hand to XII ; then turn the globe till the sun's place touches the east part of the horizon , the index will shew the hour of its rising ; after that turn the globe to the west part of the ho- rizon , and ...
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... meridian , and to be occasionally moveable , independent either of the globe or meridian . In this manner the globes were rendered completely useful for the solution of problems in all latitudes . About the year 1785 , Mr. G. Wright ...
... meridian , and to be occasionally moveable , independent either of the globe or meridian . In this manner the globes were rendered completely useful for the solution of problems in all latitudes . About the year 1785 , Mr. G. Wright ...
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... meridian ; this is done by making the extremity of the pole which carries the index of the horary circle moveable , by unscrewing . The horary circle being attached to the meridian barely by springs , when the in- dex is unscrewed , the ...
... meridian ; this is done by making the extremity of the pole which carries the index of the horary circle moveable , by unscrewing . The horary circle being attached to the meridian barely by springs , when the in- dex is unscrewed , the ...
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... meridian altitude of the sun , and thence finding the latitude of the place . Having a meridian line drawn through the centre of the gnomon , mark the point where the shadow of the gno- mon terminates when projected along the meridian ...
... meridian altitude of the sun , and thence finding the latitude of the place . Having a meridian line drawn through the centre of the gnomon , mark the point where the shadow of the gno- mon terminates when projected along the meridian ...
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... meridian line , which is pointed out by the magnetic needle in- closed in the box , and moveable about the centre of the instrument . GRAPNELS , a sort of anchors with four flukes , serving for boats to ride by . There is also a kind ...
... meridian line , which is pointed out by the magnetic needle in- closed in the box , and moveable about the centre of the instrument . GRAPNELS , a sort of anchors with four flukes , serving for boats to ride by . There is also a kind ...
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