 | James Ferguson - 1764 - 322 pages
...axis of the fphere will caft <K- a fhadow on thefe lines at the refpedtive hours. The like will ftil! hold, if the plane be made to decline by any given number of degrees from the meridian, towards the eaft or weft: provided the declination be lefs than 90 degrees, or the reclination be lefs... | |
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1776 - 546 pages
...the axis of the fphere will caft a fhadow on thefe lines at the refpective hours. The like will ftill hold, if the plane be />„/,„„£ made to decline by any given number of degrees dials. from the meridian, towards the eaft or weft : provided the declination be lefs than 90 degrees,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 816 pages
...of the fphere will caft a ihadow on thefs lines at the refpective hours. (13.) The like will ftill hold, if the plane be made to decline by any given number of degree* from the meridian towards the eaft or weft : pror vided the declination be lefs than 90 degrees,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 822 pages
...the edge of the plane in those points to which the hour lines must be drawn straight from the centre; and the axis of the sphere will cast a shadow on these...still hold, if the plane be made to decline by any number of degrees from the meridian towards the east or west; provided the declination be less than... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 896 pages
...edge of the plane in those points to which the hour-lines must be drawn straight from the centre •, and the axis of the sphere will cast a shadow on these...hours. The like will still hold, if the plane be made ЫвсШ* m с line by any given number of degrees from the «ne-rtcliÍÍ*L ridian towards the east... | |
 | James Ferguson - Eclipses - 1823 - 406 pages
...edge of the plane in those points to which the hour-lines must be drawn straight from the centre ; and the axis of the sphere will cast a shadow on these lines at the respective hours. The Declining 1'ke will still hold, if the plane be made to decline by dials. any given number of degrees... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 820 pages
...the sphere vrll cast a shadow on these lines at the respective hours. 22. The same will be the case if the plane be made to decline by any given number of décries from the meridian towards the east or west : pnv vided the declination be less than 90°,... | |
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1839 - 556 pages
...edge of the plane in those points to which the hour-lines must be drawn straight from the center ; and the axis of the sphere will cast a shadow on these...respective hours. The like will still hold, if the plane be dials made to decline by any given number of degrees from the meridian, towards the east or west :... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 886 pages
...the edge of the plane in those points to which the hour-lines must he drawn straight from the centre; and the axis of the sphere will cast a shadow on these lines at the respective hours. The like will hold of any plane, whether it face the meridian or not, provided it do not coincide with it, or do... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1897 - 868 pages
...the edge of the plane in those points to which the hour-lines must be drawn straight from the centre; and the axis of the sphere will cast a shadow on these lines at the respective hours. The like will hold of any plane, whether it face the meridian or not, provided it do not coincide with It, or do... | |
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If the plane (still facing the meridian) be made to incline, or recline, by any given number of degrees, the hour-circles of the sphere will still cut the edge of the plane in those points to which the hour-lines must be drawn straight from the centre... 