Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 188
339. This done, the pole—the north pole in our case—(liust be elevated to correspond with the latitude of the APPARENT MOVEMENTS. ^IZ place where the globe is used. At the poles this wouldbe 90°, at the equator 0°, and at London 51 ^°. … 340. If we then turn the terrestrial globe from west toeast, we shall exactly represent the lie, and the directionof motion of the Earth. If we then turn the celestial 154 ASTRONOMY globe from east to west, we shall exactly represent theapparent motions of the heavens to a spectator on theEarth…
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