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
Having rectified the globe for the latitude, bring the Star to the
Eastern side of the horizon, and turn the quadrant round to the Western
side, ’till it cuts the ecliptic in 12 degrees of altitude above the
horizon, if the Star be of the first magnitude; then that point of the
ecliptic which is cut by the quadrant, is 12 degrees high above the
Western part of the horizon, when the Star rises; but at the same time
the opposite point in the ecliptic is 12 degrees below the Eastern
part of the horizon, which is the depression of a Star of the _first
magnitude_, when she _rises Heliacally_; or has got so far from the
Sun’s beams, that she may be seen in the morning before Sun-rising.
Wherefore look for the said point of the ecliptic on the horizon, and
right against it will be the day of the month when the Star _rises
Heliacally_. To find the _Heliacal setting_, bring the Star to the West
side of the horizon, and turn the quadrant about to the Eastern side,
’till the 12th degree of it above the horizon, cuts the ecliptic; then
that degree of the ecliptic which is opposite to this point, is the
Sun’s place when the Star _sets Heliacally_.
Thus you will find that _Arcturus_ rises Heliacally the 28th of
_September_, and sets Heliacally _December_ the 2d.
PROB. XLV. _To find the place of any Planet
upon the globe; and so by that means, to find its
place in the Heavens: Also to find at what Hour any
Planet will rise or set, or be on the meridian at
any one Day in the Year._
You must first seek in an Ephemeris (_White_’s Ephemeris will do
well enough) for the place of the Planet proposed on that day; then
mark that point of the ecliptic, either with chalk, or by sticking
on a little black patch; and then for that night you may perform any
problem, as before, by a Fixed Star.
Let it be required to find the situation of _Jupiter_ among the Fixed
Stars in the heavens, and also what time he rises and sets, and comes
to the meridian on the 19th of _May_, 1757, N. S. at _London_.
Looking for the 19th of _May_, 1757, in _White_’s Ephemeris, I find
that _Jupiter_’s place at that time is in about 12 degrees of ♏;
latitude about 1¼ degree North. Then looking for that point upon the
Celestial globe, I find that ♃ is then nearly in conjunction with the
bright Star in the Southern Balance, and about 1 degree North of it.
To find when he rises and sets, and comes to the meridian: Having put
a little black patch on the place of _Jupiter_, elevate the globe
according to the latitude, and having brought the Sun’s place to
the meridian, set the hour index to 12 at noon; then turn the mark
which was made for _Jupiter_, to the Eastern part of the horizon,
I find ♃ will rise somewhat more than half an hour after three in
the afternoon; and turning the globe about, I find it comes to the
meridian a little before eleven at night; and sets almost a quarter
past six next morning.
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