A new treatise on astronomy, and the use of globes : in two parts ... (1866)
M'Intire, James, 1799-1879 · New York : Published by A.S. Barnes & Burr ... · leaf 156
liat is the amount of the pre-cession in a year, according to M. de la Caille ? From this, determinehow much the solar year is shorter than the siderial year. How long doe;it require the equinoctial points to recede one sign! What is said of thelongitudes of the stars, since the infancy of… … Let A B V C represent theecliptic, and p itspole, which isstationary; alsoletAEVQrep-resent the equi-noctial, and P itspole. Becausethe distance be-tween the polesof two great cir-cles is equal totheir inclination,and because theobliquity of theecliptic, (10), orthe inclination ofthe equinoctial to…
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