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, zenith, and Sun’s place: Turn the
globe, and the quadrant of altitude, backward or forward, ’till the
center of that Star meets the quadrant in the degree of altitude given;
then the index will point the true hour of the night; and also where
the quadrant cuts the horizon, will be the azimuth of the Star at that
time.
_If the Latitude, the Sun’s Altitude, and his
Declination (instead of his Place in the Ecliptic)
are given; to find the Hour of the Day and Azimuth._
Rectify the globe for the latitude and zenith, and having brought
the _equinoctial colure_ to the meridian, set the index to 12 at
noon; which being done, turn the globe and the quadrant, until the
given declination in the equinoctial colure, cuts the altitude on the
quadrant; then the index will shew the _Hour_ of the day, and the
quadrant cut the _Azimuth_ in the horizon.
_If the Altitude of two Stars on the same Azimuth were
given; to find the Latitude of the Place._
Set the quadrant over both Stars at the observed degrees of altitude,
and keep it fast upon the globe with your fingers; then slide the
meridian up or down in the notches, ’till the quadrant cuts the given
azimuth in the horizon; that elevation of the Pole will be the latitude
required.
PROB. XLIII. _Having the Latitude of the
place, to find the degree of the Ecliptic, which
rises or sets with a given Star; and from thence
to determine the time of its_ Cosmical _and_
Achronical _rising and setting._
Having rectified the globe for the latitude, bring the given Star to
the Eastern side of the horizon, and mark what degree of the ecliptic
rises with it: Look for that degree in the wooden horizon, and right
against it, in the kalendar, you will find the month and day when the
Star _rises Cosmically_. If you bring the Star to the Western side of
the horizon, that degree of the ecliptic which rises at that time,
will give the day of the month when the said Star _sets Cosmically_.
So likewise against the degree which sets with the Star, you will find
the day of the month of the _Achronical setting_; and if you bring it
to the Eastern part of the horizon, that degree which sets at that time
will be the Sun’s place when the Star _rises Achronically_.
Thus, in the latitude of _London_, _Syrius_, or the _Dog-Star_, rises
_Cosmically_ the 10th of _August_, and sets _Cosmically_ the 10th of
_October_. _Aldebaran_, or the _Bull’s Eye_, rises _Achronically_ on
the 22d of _May_, and sets _Achronically_ on the 19th of _December_.
PROB. XLIV. _Having the Latitude of the place,
to find the time when a Star rises and sets_
Heliacally.
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