The elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1901)
White, Charles J. (Charles Joyce), 1839-1917 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; · leaf 77
»ole, orthe latitude. If the circumpolar star is at its upper culmination, as at *,the polar distance is to be subtracted from the corrected altitude.If N and h denote the corrected altitudes at the upper andthe lower culmination, p and p the corresponding polar dis-tances, and L the latitude, we… … LATITUDE. 73 Iii 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,…
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