The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ...: Comprising a Calendar for the Year; Astronomical Information; Miscellaneous Directions, Hints, and Remarks; and Statistical and Other Particulars Respecting Foreign Countries andGray and Bowen, 1838 - Almanacs, American |
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... Moon's Apparent Disc 4 Table showing the Illuminated Portion 5 40 of the Discs of Venus and Mars 40 ˇ 6 Latitude and Longitude of Places , U. S. 41 6 Increase of Sidereal Time , & c . 8 Ephemeris of the Sun 44 45 10 True Apparent Places ...
... Moon's Apparent Disc 4 Table showing the Illuminated Portion 5 40 of the Discs of Venus and Mars 40 ˇ 6 Latitude and Longitude of Places , U. S. 41 6 Increase of Sidereal Time , & c . 8 Ephemeris of the Sun 44 45 10 True Apparent Places ...
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... Moon is computed for the meridian of Washington , but may be easily reduced to that for any other meridian by adding ... Moon only , is given from the new to the full ; and the rising only , from the full to the new moon . The letters ...
... Moon is computed for the meridian of Washington , but may be easily reduced to that for any other meridian by adding ... Moon only , is given from the new to the full ; and the rising only , from the full to the new moon . The letters ...
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... Moon , for the Moon's declination and her dis- tance from the Earth . The time of the tide immediately preceding her southing only having been given , it should be corrected by the addition of half the difference when the time of the ...
... Moon , for the Moon's declination and her dis- tance from the Earth . The time of the tide immediately preceding her southing only having been given , it should be corrected by the addition of half the difference when the time of the ...
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... Moon . Juno . Mercury . Pallas . Venus . Ceres . Jupiter . h Saturn . H Herschel or Uranus . 8 Conjunction , or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension ' Quadrature , or differing 90 ° in 8 Opposition 66 180 ° in 66 The ascending ...
... Moon . Juno . Mercury . Pallas . Venus . Ceres . Jupiter . h Saturn . H Herschel or Uranus . 8 Conjunction , or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension ' Quadrature , or differing 90 ° in 8 Opposition 66 180 ° in 66 The ascending ...
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... Moon with a star or planet , indicates that the star or planet may be eclipsed in some part of the inhabited portion of the United States . The sign is prefixed to the latitude , or declination , of the Sun , or other heavenly body ...
... Moon with a star or planet , indicates that the star or planet may be eclipsed in some part of the inhabited portion of the United States . The sign is prefixed to the latitude , or declination , of the Sun , or other heavenly body ...
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