Astronomy for the use of schools and academies (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 29
comes more and more unequal to thetime it is above it. The farther any star of this belt is fromthe equinoctial, the longer the time it is above the horizon,and the shorter the time it is below it. (4) The stars which are in the neighborhood of theequinoctial, on the side of the depressed pole,… … equinoctial, the longer time it is below the horizon, and theshorter time it is above it; and, the farther the place fromthe equator, the longer every star of this belt is below thehorizon, and the shorter the time it is above it. At the equator every staris above the horizon justhalf of the time;…
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