Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 12, Part 2Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 732
... altitude of the moon's lower limb 81 ° 15 N Semidiameter Dip Apparent altitude of the moon's centre Correction · is the latitude , of the fame name as the declination Method or altitude . of finding tude and the Lati . EXAMPLE I. July ...
... altitude of the moon's lower limb 81 ° 15 N Semidiameter Dip Apparent altitude of the moon's centre Correction · is the latitude , of the fame name as the declination Method or altitude . of finding tude and the Lati . EXAMPLE I. July ...
Page 733
... altitude 89 10 Arch e fines of the altitude will vary fo little as to make Merid . altitude uncertain which ought to be taken as that belong- g to the natural fine of the meridian altitude . In this fe , the following method will be ...
... altitude 89 10 Arch e fines of the altitude will vary fo little as to make Merid . altitude uncertain which ought to be taken as that belong- g to the natural fine of the meridian altitude . In this fe , the following method will be ...
Page 735
... altitude 89 10 Remark . If the fun comes very near the zenith , the fines of the altitude will vary fo little as to make Merid . altitude it uncertain which ought to be taken as that belong- ing to the natural fine of the meridian altitude ...
... altitude 89 10 Remark . If the fun comes very near the zenith , the fines of the altitude will vary fo little as to make Merid . altitude it uncertain which ought to be taken as that belong- ing to the natural fine of the meridian altitude ...
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