Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908, Young, Anne Sewell, b. 1871., ed · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company · leaf 39
pole in the sky, therefore, dependsevidently on the observers latitude, and in this very simpleway — The Altitude of the Pole (its height in degreesabove the horizon) is ALWAYS EQUAL TO THE Latitude of the Ob-server. This relationwill be clear from Fig. 8.The latitude (astronomi-cal) of a place may… … Relation of Latitude to the Elevationof the Pole. 26 THE EIGHT SPHERE. [§ 40 line, and will lie in the plane of the horizon. From 0 alsodraw OP parallel to CP, the earths axis. Both OP1 and CPbeing parallel, will be directed to the same vanishing-pointin the celestial sphere, (Art. 8), and this…
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