 | Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1842 - 592 pages
...the altitude of the celestial pole coineides, therefore the elevation of the pole of the earth, or the altitude of the celestial pole, is equal to the latitude of the place. The pole bcing a point in the meridian, if any star were fixed exactly in that point, the latitude... | |
 | Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1851 - 674 pages
...the altitude of the celestial pole coincides, therefore the elevation of the pole of the earth, or the altitude of the celestial pole, is equal to the latitude of the place. The pole being a point in the meridian, if any star were fixed exactly in that point, the latitude... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Arts - 1855 - 460 pages
...constructed for places which have different latitudes. We have shown in a former Tract * that the elevation of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place, and consequently the inclination of the gnomon of a sun-dial must be also equal to the latitude of... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1855 - 338 pages
...constructed for places which have different latitudes. We have shown in a former Tract* that the elevation of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place, and consequently the inclination of the gnomon of a sun-dial must be also equal to the latitude of... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Electricity - 1858 - 438 pages
...constructed for places which have different latitudes. It is shown in astronomy that the elevation of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place, and consequently the inclination of the gnomon of a sun-dial must be also equal to the latitude of... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1861 - 638 pages
...heavenly body is its distance north or south of the celestial equator, measured on a meridian. 191. The altitude of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place where the observer is healed. For the distance from the zenith to the celestial equator is the latitude... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 518 pages
...heavenly body is its distance north or south of the celestial equator, measured on a meridian. 191. The altitude of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place where the observer is located. For the distance from the zenith to the celestial equator is the latitude... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1863 - 504 pages
...heavenly body is its distance north or south of the celestial equator, measured on a meridian. 191. The altitude of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place where the observer is located. For the distance from the zenith to the celestial equator is the latitude... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Physics - 1866 - 428 pages
...constructed for places which have different latitudes. It is shown in astronomy that the elevation of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place, and consequently the inclination of the gnomon of a sun-dial must be also equal to the latitude of... | |
 | John Brinkley - Astronomy - 1871 - 344 pages
...a direction north or south, and that for a change of altitude of one degree the space is about 69J miles, it is easily proved that .the earth is nearly...explain the variety of seasons over the whole earth, independently of the knowledge of the true system. Having ascertained the form and magnitude of the... | |
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It is shown in astronomy that the elevation of the celestial pole is equal to the latitude of the place, and... 
