The geography of the heavens : and class-book of astronomy : accompanied by a celestial atlas (1860)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York : Mason Brothers · leaf 204
sto 16^ minutes, is called the Equation of Time, or the equationof solar days. What curious facts accounted for ? What supposition of a man traveling eastwardone degree a day? What effect upon the time of the Suns passing the meridian? Uponthe length of his day ? What change of name may it require… … EQUATION OF TIME The difference between N mean and apparent time,or, in other words, betweenEquinoctial and Ecliptic.time, may be further shownby this figure, which repre-sents the circles of thesphere Let it be first pre-mised, that equinoctial timeis clock time; and thatecliptic time is solar…
Constellations · Stars
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