 | John Gummere - 1842 - 516 páginas
...sum will be the latitude, which will be of that name ; and when they are of different names, their difference will be the latitude of the same name with the greater quantity; observing however that when the body passes the meridian below the pole, the supplement of... | |
 | Janet Taylor - 1842 - 592 páginas
...the zenith distanee and declination are of the same name, thcir sum, but if of different names, thcir difference will be the latitude of the same name with the greater. When the horizon under the sun is obstructed by land, the dip is to be taken from Table 9 instead of... | |
 | Alexander Baharie - 1844 - 218 páginas
...both north or both south, their sums gives the latitude of the place of observation ; otherwise their difference will be the latitude of the same name, with the greater quantity. BY THE POLE STAR.f . To find the latitude by an altitude of the Pole star, out of the meridian,... | |
 | David Thomson (inventor of the longitude scale.) - 1845 - 318 páginas
...observed. 2. Find the declination of the Star by the Table of Fixed Stars, p. 432, Nautical Almanac. Then if the zenith distance and declination be both North, or both South, add them together, the sum will be the latitude of the same name with the declination ; but if one be North and the other... | |
 | Basil Jackson - 1847 - 410 páginas
...meridian of the place (when the longitude is considerable), noting whether it be north or south. Then, if the zenith distance and declination be both north...difference will be the latitude, of the same name with the greater.f EXAMPLE I. June 18th, 1828, the meridian altitude of the sun's lower limb was 43° 18-, the... | |
 | James MIDDLETON (F.G.S.) - 1848 - 262 páginas
...zenith distance, which is north if the zenith be north of the sun, or south if it be the contrary. If the zenith distance and declination be both north or both south, add them together ; but if the one be north and the other south, subtract the less from the greater, and the sum or difference... | |
 | Janet Taylor - 1851 - 674 páginas
...the zenith distance and declination are of the same name, their sum, but if of contrary names their difference will be the latitude, of the same name with the greater. Example. November 30, 1852, in longitude 37" 20'W. the observed meridian altitude _d being 51° 10'... | |
 | John William Norie - 1852 - 844 páginas
...ship (when the longitude is considerable) by Table XI., noting whether it be north or south : then if the zenith distance, and declination, be both north,...be the latitude, of the same name with the greater • For an explanation of these corrections, see page 149, &c. ON FINDING THE LATITUDE BY A MERIDIAN... | |
 | John Gummere, Ezra Otis Kendall - 1854 - 484 páginas
...sum will be the latitude, which will be of that name ; and when they are of different names, their difference will be the latitude of the same name with the greater quantity ; observing, however, that when the body passes the meridian below the pole, the supplement... | |
 | Alfred Wilks Drayson - 1861 - 236 páginas
...distance and the declination are both north or both south, add the two together ; but if one be north, the other south, subtract the less from the greater, and the sum, or difference, will be the latitude north or south, according to the greater term. EXAMPLE 1. True altitude Q 60°, declination 17° S.... | |
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... south. Then, if the zenith distance and declination be both north or both south, add them together; but if one be north and the other south, subtract the less from the greater, and the sum or difference will be the latitude, of the same name with... 
