 ... earth which it represents), the hours increase in this direction ; but the motion of the Celestial Globe being from east to west (like the apparent motion of the heavens), the hours increase in this direction accordingly. Some globes have no brass...  A Grammar of Geography - Page 281836Full view - About this book
 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - Atlases - 1820 - 346 pages
...brass circle round the poles,. attached to the meridian, and sometimes described on the globe itself. The quadrant of altitude is a thin slip of brass, divided into 90°. corresponding exactly in extent with those on the equator. It is for the purpose of measuring the distance... | |
 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.) - 1821 - 418 pages
...feet. The zenith and nadir arc the poles of the horizon, being each 90° distant from it. * *• 10. Quadrant of altitude is a thin slip of brass, divided into 90° i it can be screwed on any part of the brass meri-. dian, and, turning on a pivot, serves to measure... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 398 pages
...the other. by a brazen circle attached to the meridian, and sometimes described on the globe itself. The quadrant of altitude is a thin slip of brass, divided into 90° corresponding exactly in extent with those on the equator. It is used to measure the distance of one... | |
 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - Cartography - 1825 - 216 pages
...brass circle round the poles attached to the meridian, and sometimes described on the globe itself. The quadrant of altitude is a thin slip of brass, divided into 90°, corresponding exactly in extent with those on the equator. It is for the purpose of measuring the distance... | |
 | S. Treeby - Astronomy - 1826 - 244 pages
...Libra, ^l Scorpio, / Sagittarius, V3 Capricornus, ~ Aquarius, 3€ Pisces, are marked thereon. 283. The quadrant of altitude is a thin slip of brass divided into degrees. It is so contrived as to be capable of being fixed to any part of the brazen meridian. 284.... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Geography - 1838 - 300 pages
...meridian is the circle in which the globe turns, and is divided into 3fiO equal parts, called degrees. The quadrant of altitude is a thin slip of brass, divided into 90°, and is generally used to determine the distance of one place from another. The hour circle is a small... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Astronomy - 1838 - 160 pages
...Longitude, on this globe, means the distance of any planet or star from the first degree of Aries. The quadrant of altitude is a thin slip of brass, divided into degrees. It is so contrived as to be capable of being fixed to any part of the brazen meridian. The... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1840 - 132 pages
...the various signs of the Zodiac. The hour circle is a small brass circle fitted to the north-pole. The quadrant of altitude is a thin slip of brass divided into degrees on the same scale as the equinoctial line. The brazen meridian — (See page 5.) PROBLEMS TO... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Geography - 1859 - 438 pages
...increase accordingly. Some globes have no brass plate, but have the Hours marked on the Globe itself. The Quadrant of Altitude is a thin slip of brass divided into degrees, and corresponding to a quadrant or fourth part of the Equator and Brazen Meridian. It is used... | |
 | Emma Willard - Astronomy - 1860 - 316 pages
...the signs of the Zodiac, divided into degrees and the days of the month to which they correspond. A Quadrant of Altitude is a thin slip of brass divided into 90°, and may be screwed on to the brass meridian at the zenith. It is used to measure distances. Set the... | |
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