The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915)
Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 172
y is measured by the fraction of a second.So we get the apparent time from the Sun, change it into meantime and set our clocks and watches by it. THE TIME O DAY 153 There are several ways by which we can obtain Sun time, butall of them are based on the same principle. The way that wasused by people… … Fig. 162.—Diagram Showing How to Find Solar Noon. to see the Sun rise and set without any mountains or otherthings in the way. When you begin your observations for getting solar time noteexactly where the Sun rises and where it sets on the horizon.You can easily do this by using hills, houses and…
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