Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes & company · leaf 112
ofthe true sun it comes to the meridian after the true sunand the equation of time is negative, that is, it must be sub-tracted from apparent time to get mean time. The value of the equation of time for every day in theyear, with the rule for using it, is given in the NauticalAlmanac. It is equal… … THE EARTH. 107 amounts to more than 14 minutes, and its greatest negativevalue on the 2d of November, when it amounts to more than1G minutes. At the former time the forenoons are nearlyhalf an hour shorter than the afteruoous, and at the lattertime the afternoons are more than half an hour shorter…
Astronomy
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