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" A solar day is the interval between two successive passages of the sun across the meridian of any place. If the earth were stationary in its orbit, the solar day would be of the same length as the sidereal ; but while the earth is turning around on its... "
Fourteen Weeks Course in Descriptive Astronomy - Page 289
by Joel Dorman Steele - 1876 - 336 pages
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Modern Geography: A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States ..., Volume 1

John Pinkerton - Africa - 1804 - 694 pages
...between two successive passage! of the same fixed star, ow:r ths meridian. These days are all equal. 31. A solar day is the interval between two successive passages of the sun over the meridian. These days are unequal, on account of the unequal motion of the nun in right ascension....
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Arithmetic

Charles Elsee - Arithmetic - 1866 - 300 pages
...weight of distilled water, the barometer being at 30 inches, and the temperature 62°. TIME. — A eolar day is the interval between two successive passages of the sun across the meridian of a place. Its length varies very slightly at different periods of the year, and its average length,...
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Fourteen Weeks in Descriptive Astronomy

Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1874 - 340 pages
...p. 38)0 The astronomer always reckons the hours of the day consecutively up to twenty-four., SOLAE TIME.— -A solar day is the interval between two...around on Its axis? it is going forward at the rate of 360° In a year, or about 1° per day. When the earth has made a complete revolution, it must therefore...
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Fourteen Weeks in Descriptive Astronomy

Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1874 - 424 pages
...The astronomer always reckons the hours of the day consecutively up to twenty-four. SOLAB THEE. — A solar day is the interval between two successive...around on its axis, it is going forward at the rate o . 360° in a year, or about 1° per day. When the earth has made a complete revolution, it must therefore...
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The Complete Arithmetic: Oral and Written, Volume 1

Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 296 pages
...month. The calendar year is divided as shown in the diagram : 1. The Solar Day is the interval of time between two successive passages of the sun across the meridian of any place. 2. The Mean Solar , Day is the mean or I average length of all ' the solar days in the \ year. 3. The...
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A Practical Business Arithmetic ...

Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...midnight, and the Attronomieal Day, at noon of the civil day. 11. A Solar Day is the interval of time between two successive passages of the sun across the meridian of any place. 12. The solar days are of unequal length, on account of the unequal orbital motion of the earth and...
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A Text-book of Arithmetic for the Use of Higher Class Schools

Sir Thomas Muir - Arithmetic - 1878 - 376 pages
...other civilised countries, is the Mean Solar DAY. The solar day (that is, the interval between any two successive passages of the sun across the meridian of any place) and solar year are units supplied by nature, and must have been unconsciously and of necessity adopted...
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The Story of the Stars: New Descriptive Astronomy

Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1884 - 358 pages
...The hours of the clock are easily reduced to degrees (p. 28). The astronomer always reckons the hour of the day consecutively up to twenty-four. Solar...around on its axis, it is going forward at the rate of 360° in a year, or about 1° per day. When the earth has made a complete rotation, it must therefore...
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The Story of the Stars: A Descriptive Astronomy

Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1884 - 352 pages
...degrees (p. 28). The astronomer always reckons the hour of the day consecutively up to twenty -four. Solar Time.— A solar day is the interval between...around on its axis, it is going forward at the rate of 360° in a year, or about 1° per day. When the earth has made a complete rotation, it must therefore...
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Peale's Popular Compendium of Useful Knowledge, Embracing Science, History ...

Richard S. Peale - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 548 pages
...which are called sidereal hours, and each of these into sixty portions, termed sidereal minutes, etc. A solar day is the interval between two successive...around on its axis, it is going forward at the rate of 360° in a year, or about i° per day. When the earth has made a complete revolution, it must, therefore,...
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