The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 27
tial equator, ^TVthe horizon,and ad, cN, de, fg, Sh,k I, diurnal circles. O is thepoint of observation, Z thezenith, and Z the nadir. When the observer is southof the equator, as at O inFig. 9, the south pole iselevated, the north pole de-pressed, and the diurnal cir-cles are oblique to the… … ASTRONOMY. A E r—- r / / =1 ^0 C poles of the heavens are on the horizon, and the diurnalcircles are perpendicular to the horizon. When the observer is at one of the poles, as in Fig. ii,the poles of the heavens ^ are in the zenith and thenadir, and the diurnal cir-cles are parallel with…
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