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, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... parallel to the equinoctial ; and viewing the pole . star through the hole of the centre , turn the index about , till , by the edge coming from the centre , you see the bright star or guard of the little bear ( if the instru- ment be ...
... parallel to the equinoctial ; and viewing the pole . star through the hole of the centre , turn the index about , till , by the edge coming from the centre , you see the bright star or guard of the little bear ( if the instru- ment be ...
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... parallels of declination , will cut the horizon obliquely . OBLIQUITY of the ecliptic . See ECLIP TIC . OBLIQUUS , in anatomy , oblique , a name given to several muscles , particu- larly in the head , eyes , and abdomen . See ANATOMY ...
... parallels of declination , will cut the horizon obliquely . OBLIQUITY of the ecliptic . See ECLIP TIC . OBLIQUUS , in anatomy , oblique , a name given to several muscles , particu- larly in the head , eyes , and abdomen . See ANATOMY ...
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... parallel to the axis H I , which being parallel to the axis of the earth , the plane of the sector will always be parallel to the plane of some hour circle . Let a telescope , C E , be moveable about the centre , C , of the arch A B ...
... parallel to the axis H I , which being parallel to the axis of the earth , the plane of the sector will always be parallel to the plane of some hour circle . Let a telescope , C E , be moveable about the centre , C , of the arch A B ...
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... parallel direction , and to the plane of the meridian in the following manner : Observe by the clock when a circumpolar star seen through this instru- ments transits both above and below the pole ; and if the times of describing the ...
... parallel direction , and to the plane of the meridian in the following manner : Observe by the clock when a circumpolar star seen through this instru- ments transits both above and below the pole ; and if the times of describing the ...
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... parallel to the polar axis , as in the figure , so as to point to the pole star in any part of its diurnal revolution ; and thus it has been observed near noon , when the sun has shone very bright . 5 . The apparatus for correcting the ...
... parallel to the polar axis , as in the figure , so as to point to the pole star in any part of its diurnal revolution ; and thus it has been observed near noon , when the sun has shone very bright . 5 . The apparatus for correcting the ...
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