Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 80
>^vv^ „ Fig. 33.—Part of a Globe:Showing the principal circles of the celestial sphere. CHAPTER IV. THE DIURNAL MOTION TO OBSERVERS IN DIFFERENTLATITUDES, ETC. 12. The Latitude of an Observer on the Earth.—The al-titude of the celestial pole above the horizon of any place onthe Earths surface is… … Fig. 34. horizon would be represented by a line through 0 parallelto HR. LOQ is the latitude of L according to ordi-nary geographical definitions ; i.e., it is the angulardistance of L from the Earths equator. Prolong OP in-definitely to P and draw LP parallel to it. P and P 59 60 ASTRONOMY. are…
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