An introduction to astronomy : designed as a text book for the students of Yale College (1846)
Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859, Yale College (1718-1887) · New York : Collins, Brother & Co. · leaf 53
liptic to the me-ridian, and count the number of degrees and minutes betweenthat point of the meridian and the zenith. The complement ofthis arc will be the suns meridian altitude. Ex. What is the suns meridian altitude at noon on the 1st ofAugust, in Lat. 41° 18? i CHAPTER III. OF PARALLAX,… … a great circle of the heavens, extending from the horizon to thezenith; and let E, F, G, H, be successive positions of the moonat different elevations, from the horizon to the meridian. Now aspectator on the surface of the earth at A, would refer the placeof E to h, whereas, if seen from the center…
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