The geography of the heavens, and class-book of astronomy: accompanied by a celestial atlas (1873)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, ed, Whitall, Henry, 1819-1887? Celestial planisphere · New York, Sheldon & company · leaf 208
to 16£ minutes, is called the Equation of Time, or the equationof solar days. What curious facts accounted for ? What supposition of a man traveli/ g eastwardone degree a day ? What effect upon the time of the Suns passing the meridian? Uponthe length of his daj ? What change of name may it… … The difference betweenT\ean and apparent time,»r, iu other words, betweenEquinoctial and Ecliptictime, may be further shownby this figure, which repre-sents the circles of thesphere Let it be first pre-mised, th it equinoctial timeis clock time; and thatecliptic time is solar orapparent time. It…
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