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... meridian , are now in the mid heaven . If we turn to the north we find a change there , the cluster or group called the dipper , which we will sup- pose , at the commencement of our observation was almost parallel with the horizon , as ...
... meridian , are now in the mid heaven . If we turn to the north we find a change there , the cluster or group called the dipper , which we will sup- pose , at the commencement of our observation was almost parallel with the horizon , as ...
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... meridian or mid - heaven together . Now suppose the earth to have moved forward in its orbit to A , and imagine the ... meridian together , the meridian being represented by the black line on A , but that , on the supposition that the ...
... meridian or mid - heaven together . Now suppose the earth to have moved forward in its orbit to A , and imagine the ... meridian together , the meridian being represented by the black line on A , but that , on the supposition that the ...
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... meridian or overhead , to an observer on its surface , before the planet , which consequently , setting after the sun , would be the evening star . Now supposing the earth stationary in its orbit , let Venus move from V to W. This would ...
... meridian or overhead , to an observer on its surface , before the planet , which consequently , setting after the sun , would be the evening star . Now supposing the earth stationary in its orbit , let Venus move from V to W. This would ...
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... meridian or noon - line , which oftentimes is nothing more than a scratch or mark in the floor , and the gnomon , or shadow - stick , is the side of , a window or door . In our younger days , we have watched with far more interest , the ...
... meridian or noon - line , which oftentimes is nothing more than a scratch or mark in the floor , and the gnomon , or shadow - stick , is the side of , a window or door . In our younger days , we have watched with far more interest , the ...
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... meridian , or north and south line passing through some particular spot , Greenwich , for example , shown at E , and let the star S , be upon the meridian , that is , if this line was extended to the heavens , or , more properly , a ...
... meridian , or north and south line passing through some particular spot , Greenwich , for example , shown at E , and let the star S , be upon the meridian , that is , if this line was extended to the heavens , or , more properly , a ...
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