A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1859)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Mason brothers · leaf 30
but in this country it is often reckoned fromthe Meridian of Washington. It would be better for science, however, if all nationsreckoned longitude from the same Meridian, and all charts and globes were constructedaccordingly. A ^ T onfitude is terrestrial and celestial spheres. reckoned both… … The relation of the Terrestrial to the Celestial Sphere may be understood by theLbove diagram, in which the stars surround the earth in all directions, as they seem tofill che whole celestial vault. 9 26 ASTRONOMY. EQUATOR OP THB HBATENS, OR EQUINOCTIAL. The Axis of the Heavens is the axis of the…
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