A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; Or, A Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens ...: Preceded by an Extensive Selection of Astronomical, and Other Definitions; and Illustrated by a Great Variety of Problems, Questions for the Examination of the Student, Etc. Etc. Designed for the Instruction of Youth

Thomas Keith

S. Wood & sons, 1832 - 334 páginas

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Acronical	26

A table of all the visible eclipses which will happen in the present	30

Almacantars	33

Quadrant of Altitude	39

A table of climates	40

Amphiscii	41

Rhumbs	45

Tables of the Constellations alphabetically arranged with	46

Number of Eclipses in a Year	170

Of the Calendar	171

The Cycle of the Sun	172

The number of Direction	173

To find the Paschal Full Moon by the Epact	174

Of the Year by the Gregorian Account	177

Celestial Globes	178

To find all those places which have the same Latitude	179

Antarctic Pole	53

Of the General Properties of Matter and the Laws of Motion	62

PART II	64

the	72

52	80

57	86

Of the Natural Changes of the Earth caused by Mountains	97

Of the Atmosphere Air Winds and Hurricanes	106

A table of the velocity and pressure of the winds	112

Of Vapours Fogs Mists Clouds Dew	113

THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF ASTRONOMY CHAP I The General Appearance of the Heavens	123

Of the Situation of the principal Constellations and the man ner of distinguishing them from each other	126

A table of the time of culminating of the zodiacal constellations	127

Of the Motion of the Fixed Stars by the Precession of the Equinoxes by Abberration and by the Nutation of the Earths Axis their proper Motions Dist...	133

The Method of Measuring the Altitudes Zenith Distances	137

Of the Solar System	139

Of the Sun	140

Of Mercury	141

Of Venus	143

Of the Earth and the Moon	146

Of Mars	153

Of Vesta	154

Of Juno	155

Of Jupiter and his Satellites	157

Of Saturn his Satellites and Ring	160

Of the Georgium Sidus and his Satellites	163

On the Nature of Comets the Elongations Stationary and Retrograde Appearances of the Planets and on the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon	164

Of the Elongations c of the Interior Planets	165

Of the Stationary and Retrograde Appearances of the Exterior Planets	167

General Observations on Eclipses	169

Figure	187

To find the Antoci Perioci and Antipodes to	194

To place the Globe in the same situation with respect	200

The month and day of the month being given	209

To find the time of the Suns rising and setting	215

To find the number of days which the Sun rises	221

To find the duration of twilight at the North	227

A table of the equation of time dependent on the obliquity of	230

When it is midnight at any place in the Temperate	233

To find the Suns azimuth and his altitude at	235

The length of the longest day at any place	241

The day and hour being given when a solar eclipse	247

To explain the phenomenon of the Harvest Moon	253

To find the suns altitude by placing the Globe in	259

The latitude of a place being given to find the hour of the day at any time when the sun shines	260

A table of the hour arcs and angles for a horizontal dial for	264

Aquila	266

PROBLEMS PERFORMED BY THE CELESTIAL GLOBE	268

To find the amplitude of any Star its oblique ascen	274

Ascension Right	275

To find the time of the year when any given star	277

To find what stars lie in or near the Moons path	283

Ascensional Difference	284

Given the latitude of a place day of the month	289

Asterion et Chara	292

The latitude of the place the day of the month	293

A table of the time of high water at new and full moon at	307

Azimuth or Vertical Cir	321

84	327

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analemma angle Answer appear astronomers atmosphere axis azimuth body brass meridian Bring the given Cape centre centripetal force constellation describe diameter diurnal diurnal motion Dominical Letter east eastern eastward ecliptic Elevate the pole English miles Epact equal equator equinoctial figure find the sun's fixed stars frigid zone full moon given place globe westward gravity heavens hence horizon hour circle inhabitants Jupiter latitude length Libra London longest day longitude magnitude mean distance Mercury meridian altitude minutes month moon's motion night node noon north latitude north pole number of degrees o'clock oblique observed orbit Paschal full moon planet PROBLEM quadrant of altitude rays reckoning revolution revolves round right ascension rise and set round the sun satellites Saturn semi-diameter set the index situated solar south pole sun rises sun's declination sun's place supposed surface telescope tides turn the globe twilight vapours velocity Venus vertical zenith

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Título	A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; Or, A Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens ...: Preceded by an Extensive Selection of Astronomical, and Other Definitions; and Illustrated by a Great Variety of Problems, Questions for the Examination of the Student, Etc. Etc. Designed for the ...
Autor	Thomas Keith
Editor	Robert Adrain
Edición	revisada
Editor	S. Wood & sons, 1832
Procedencia del original	la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York
Digitalizado	23 Jun 2006
N.º de páginas	334 páginas

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