The elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1872)
White, Charles J. (Charles Joyce), 1839-1917 · Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger · leaf 78
s corrected altitudeadd the stars polar distance, the complement of the stars knowndeclination. The sum is the altitude of the elevated pole, orthe latitude. If the circumpolar star is at its upper culmination, as at s\the polar distance is to be subtracted from the corrected altitude.If h! and h… … LATITUDE. 73 In this formula the value of the latitude does not depend on theabsolute value of either polar distance, but merely on the changeof the polar distance between the two transits, which is usuallyso small as to be neglected. This method, then, is free from anyerror in the declination, and…
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