The geography of the heavens and classbook of astronomy; (1863)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, Whitall, Henry, 1819-1887? Celestial planisphere. [from old catalog] · New York, Mason brothers; Boston, Mason & Hamlin; [etc., etc.] · leaf 328
, betweenwhich it isplaced. On theleft is seen, at-tached to the ma-son work, a gra-duated circle;and on the east-ern end of theaxis of the tele-scope is seen anarm, n, extend-ing to the circle,as an index.Now, suppose theindex n to be ato, in the upperpart of the circle,when the tele-scope is… … * Plurality of Worlds, American edition, p. 137. motion? Where located? Cost? Description by a late writer? remarks upon itspowers? 710. What is a transit instrument? Size? How mounted? Describe partsas shown in the cut. How set the instrument for the meridian altitude of a star ? DIFFERENT KINDS…
Constellations · Stars
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