of a differential clock, invented ference in the rates is lost, or instead of making a com- called its annual motion, which causes the four seasons and designed by Mr. H. Conant, of Pawtuoket, R. I., plete revolution—the difference between 1 and 2—it of the year. The exact time occupied by its… … called right ascension, that measure in the heavens of the wheels c d, is transmitted to the shaft, h, and which is the same to the astronomer as longitude is to is recorded by the pointer or hand. the navigator. These meridians are not reckoned Now, as the clock marking sidereal time gains at the…
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