The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... right angles with the keel , and that point of the compass , which is ... right lines , when its motion is perfectly undisturbed , if a fine tube were placed ... ascension , or declination . The aber- ration will be greatest in longitude ...
... right angles with the keel , and that point of the compass , which is ... right lines , when its motion is perfectly undisturbed , if a fine tube were placed ... ascension , or declination . The aber- ration will be greatest in longitude ...
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... right ascension de- pends on the situation of the planet in the zodiac . The aberration in longitude , being equal to the geocentric motion , will be more or less , according as that motion may be . It will be least when the planet is ...
... right ascension de- pends on the situation of the planet in the zodiac . The aberration in longitude , being equal to the geocentric motion , will be more or less , according as that motion may be . It will be least when the planet is ...
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... right or oblique . Right ascension is that degree of the equator , reckoned from the beginning of Aries , which rises with the sun or a star , in a the latitude of the place , so is the tangent ASB ASC.
... right or oblique . Right ascension is that degree of the equator , reckoned from the beginning of Aries , which rises with the sun or a star , in a the latitude of the place , so is the tangent ASB ASC.
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... right ascension . Oblique ascension is that degree and mi- nute of the equinoctial , counting from the beginning of Aries , which rises with the cen- tre of the sun or a star , or which comes to the horizon at the same time as the sun ...
... right ascension . Oblique ascension is that degree and mi- nute of the equinoctial , counting from the beginning of Aries , which rises with the cen- tre of the sun or a star , or which comes to the horizon at the same time as the sun ...
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... right ascension , when the sun is in the northern signs , and adding it , when the sun is in the southern ones , you will find the oblique ascension . ASCENT of fluids is particularly under- stood of their rising above their own level ...
... right ascension , when the sun is in the northern signs , and adding it , when the sun is in the southern ones , you will find the oblique ascension . ASCENT of fluids is particularly under- stood of their rising above their own level ...
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