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
Rectify the globe for the latitude, the zenith, and the Sun’s place,
then the number of degrees contained betwixt the Sun’s place and
the vertex, is the Sun’s meridional zenith distance; the complement
of which to 90 degrees, is the Sun’s meridian altitude. If you turn
the globe about until the index points to any other given hour, then
bringing the quadrant of altitude to cut the Sun’s place, you will
have the Sun’s altitude at that hour; and where the quadrant cuts the
horizon, is the Sun’s azimuth at the same time. Thus _May_ the 1st at
_London_, the Sun’s meridian altitude will be 61½ degrees; and at 10
o’clock in the morning, the Sun’s altitude will be 52 degrees, and his
azimuth about 50 degrees from the South part of the meridian.
PROB. XXVIII. _The Latitude of the place,
and the day of the Month being given; to find the
depression of the Sun below the Horizon, and the
Azimuth at any Hour of the Night._
Having rectified the globe for the latitude, the zenith, and the Sun’s
place, take a point in the ecliptic exactly opposite to the Sun’s
place, and find the Sun’s altitude and azimuth, as by the last problem,
and these will be the depression and the altitude required. Thus,
if the time given be the 1st of _December_, at 10 o’clock at night,
the depression and azimuth will be the same as was found in the last
problem.
PROB. XXIX. _The Latitude, the Sun’s Place,
and his Azimuth being given, to find his Altitude,
and the Hour._
Rectify the globe for the latitude, the zenith, and the Sun’s place,
then put the quadrant of altitude to the Sun’s azimuth in the horizon,
and turn the globe ’till the Sun’s place meet the edge of the quadrant,
then the said edge will shew the altitude, and the index point to
the hour. Thus, _May_ the 21st at _London_ when the Sun is due East,
his altitude will be about 24 degrees, and the hour about VII in
the morning; and when his azimuth is 60 degrees South-Westerly, the
altitude will be about 44½ degrees, and the hour about 2¾ in the
afternoon.
Thus, the latitude and the day being known, and having besides either
the altitude, the azimuth, or the hour; the other two may be easily
found.
PROB. XXX. _The Latitude, the Sun’s Altitude,
and his Azimuth being given; to find his Place in
the Ecliptic and the Hour._
Rectify the globe for the latitude and zenith, and set the edge of the
quadrant to the given azimuth; then turning the globe about, that point
of the ecliptic which cuts the altitude, will be the Sun’s place. Keep
the quadrant of the altitude in the same position, and having brought
the Sun’s place to the meridian, and the hour index to 12 at noon, turn
the globe about ’till the Sun’s place cuts the quadrant of altitude,
and then the index will point the hour of the day.
PROB. XXXI. _The Declination and Meridian
Altitude of the Sun, or of any Star being given; to
find the Latitude of the Place._
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