The description and use of the globes and the orrery: To which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar systemHarris, Joseph
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The description and use of the globes and the orrery: To which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar system
Harris, Joseph
Astronomical models; Globes
PROBLEM I. _To find the Latitude and Longitude
of any given Place upon the Globe; and on the
contrary, the Latitude and Longitude being given,
to find the Place._
1. Turn the globe round its axis, ’till the given place lies exactly
under the (Eastern side of the brass) meridian, then that degree upon
the meridian, which is directly over it, is the _Latitude_; which is
accordingly North or South, as it lies in the Northern or Southern
hemisphere, the globe remaining in the same position.
That degree upon the equator which is cut by the brazen meridian,
is the _Longitude_ required from the first meridian upon the globe.
If the longitude is counted both ways from the first meridian upon
the globe, then we are to consider, whether the given place lies
Easterly or Westerly from the first meridian, and the longitude must be
expressed accordingly.
The _Latitudes_ of the following places: and upon a globe where the
longitude is reckoned both ways from the meridian of _London_, their
longitudes will be found as follow:
_Latitude._ _Longitude._
Deg. Deg.
_Rome_ 41¾ North. 13 East.
_Paris_ 48¾ N. 2½ E.
_Mexico_ 20 N. 102 W.
_Cape Horn_ 58 S. 80 W.
2. _The Latitude and Longitude being given to find the Place._
Seek for the given longitude in the equator, and bring that point to
the meridian; then count from the equator on the meridian the degree of
latitude given, towards the arctic and antarctic Pole, according as the
latitude is Northerly or Southerly, and under that degree of latitude
lies the _Place_ required.
PROB. II. _To find the Difference of Latitude
betwixt any two given Places._
Bring each of the places proposed successively to the meridian, and
observe where they intersect it, then the number of degrees upon
the meridian, contained between the two intersections, will be the
_Difference of Latitude_ required. Or, if the places proposed are on
the same side of the equator, having first found their latitudes,
subtract the lesser from the greater; but if they are on contrary sides
of the equator, add them both together, and the difference in the first
case, and the sum in the latter, will be the difference of latitude
required.
Thus the difference of latitude betwixt _London_ and _Rome_ will be
found to be 9¾ degrees; betwixt _Paris_ and _Cape Bona Esperance_ 83
degrees.
PROB. III. _To find the Difference of
Longitude betwixt any two given Places._
Bring each of the given places successively to the meridian, and see
where the meridian cuts the equator each time; the number of degrees
contained betwixt those two points, if it be less than 180 degrees,
otherwise the remainder to 360 degrees, will be the difference of
longitude required. Or,
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