 | George Gregory - Astronomy - 1808 - 452 pages
...axis. Consequently, when the moon is in those signs which rise or set with the smallest angles, she rises or sets with the least difference of time; and...latitudes, the smallest angle made by the ecliptic and the horizon is when Aries rises, at the time when Libra sets ; the greatest when Libra rises at the... | |
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1809 - 574 pages
...axis. Consequently, when the Moon is in those signs which rise or set with the smallest angles, she rises or sets with the least difference of time ; and with the greatest difference in Fig. HI. those signs which rise or set with the greatest angles. But, because all who read this treatise... | |
 | William Thackwray - Astronomy - 1810 - 160 pages
...moon, therefore, is in those signs which rise or set with the smallest angles, she will rise or set with the least difference of time, and with the greatest...signs which rise or set with the greatest angles. Thus, in the latitude of London, at the time of the vernal equinox, when the sun is setting in the... | |
 | George Adams - Astronomy - 1812 - 552 pages
...moon, therefore, is in those signs which rise or set with the smallest angles, she will rise or set with the least difference of time ; and with the greatest...signs which rise or set with the greatest angles. Thus, in the latitude of London, at the time of the vernal equinox, when the sun is setting in the... | |
 | George Adams - Astronomy - 1812 - 586 pages
...moon, therefore, is in those signs which rise or set with the smallest angles, she will rise or set with the least difference of time ; and with the greatest difference in those signs which rise or set O r-* with the greatest angles. Thus, in the latitude of London, at the, time of the vernal equinox,... | |
 | James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 684 pages
...hours, when the ecliptic is in the situation of fig. 5, than when it is in the situation of fig. 4. In northern latitudes, the smallest angle made by...Libra rises, at which time Aries sets. From the rising of Aries, to the rising of Libra (which is twelve sidereal hours) the angle increases; and from the... | |
 | John Norman (of Braybrook.) - 1819 - 52 pages
...moon can be full but once or twice in a year in those parts of her orbit which rise with the least angles. In Northern Latitudes the smallest angle made by the Ecliptic and horizon is when Aries rises and Libra sets: the greatest when Libra rises, at which time Aries sets ; from the rising of Aries... | |
 | George Gregory - Science - 1820 - 458 pages
...axis. Consequently, when the moon is in those signs which rise or set with the smallest angles, she rises or sets with the least difference of time; and...latitudes, the smallest angle made by the ecliptic and the horizon is when Aries rises, at the time when Libra sets ; the greatest when Libra rises at the... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - Science - 1828 - 468 pages
...set. Those parts or signs which rise with the smallest angles, set with the greatest, arid vice versa. In northern latitudes, the smallest angle made by...Libra rises, at which time Aries sets. From the rising of Aries to the rising of Libra, (which is twelve siderial hours,) the angle increases ; and from the... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 852 pages
...illustrated by a celestial globe ; and the same thing may be conceived from this circumstance, that in northern latitudes, the smallest angle made by...horizon, is when Aries rises, at which time Libra sets ; and it is obvious, that the smaller the angle contained by the ecliptic and horizon, the greater... | |
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In northern Latitudes, the smallest angle made by the Ecliptic and horizon, is when Aries rises, at which time Libra sets ; the greatest, when Libra rises, at which time Aries sets. 
