 | Almanacs, American - 1811 - 354 pages
...ed.) The unit of altitude at any place, is the height at that place of that tide which arrives about a day and a half after the time of New or Full Moon,...celestial equator. This unit of altitude, which must be derived from observation for each place, multiplied by the quantities in the above table, gives... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1839 - 694 pages
...O.LI = The unit of altitude at any place, is the rise at that place of that tide «hich arrive* about a day and a half after the time of New or Full Moon, the Sun and Moon at the moment of conjunction or opposition baring been at their mean distance from... | |
 | Gray and Bowen - 1831 - 364 pages
...(Mecanique Celeste, vol. II. p. 289.) The unit of altitude, is the altitude of the tide which happens about a day and a half after the time of New or Full Moon, the Sun and Moon being, at the moment of c5 or i§,, at their mean distance from the Earth, and in... | |
 | 1834 - 362 pages
...the time of New or Full Moon, at that place, the Sun and Moon at the moment of tj or g having been at their mean distance from the Earth and in the plane of the equator. The unit of altitude at any place can be ascertained by observation only, and multiplied by... | |
 | Mrs. L. H. Tyler - Astronomy - 1837 - 302 pages
...a half after new or full moon — the sun and moon being at the moment of conjunction or opposition at their mean distance from the earth, and in the plane of the equator — is called the unit of altitude. The unit of altitude for Boston is 11J feet, for New York... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1840 - 362 pages
...0.&l The unit of altitude at any place, is the rise at that place of that tide which arrives about a day and a half after the time of New or Full Moon, the Sun and Moon at the moment of conjunction or opposition having been at their mean distance from... | |
 | David H Williams - 1843 - 366 pages
...ed.) The unit of altitude at any place, is the height at that place of that tide which arrives about a day and a half after the time of New or Full Moon,...celestial equator. This unit of altitude, which must be derived from observation for each place, multiplied by the quantities in the above table, gives... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1843 - 376 pages
...ed.) The unit of altitude at any place, is the height at that place of that tide which arrives about a day and a half after the time of New or Full Moon,...celestial equator. This unit of altitude, which must be derived from observation for each place, multiplied by the quantities in the above table, gives... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1844 - 352 pages
...place, is the height at that place of that tide which arrives about a day and a half after the time oI New or Full Moon, when the Sun and Moon at the moment...celestial equator. This unit of altitude, which must be derived from observation for each place, multiplied by the quantities in the above table, gives... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1844 - 350 pages
...ed.) The unit of altitude at any place, is the height at that place of that tide which arrives about a day and a half after the time of New or Full Moon,...opposition are at their mean distance from the Earth, and tu the plane of the celestial equator. This unit of altitude, which must be derived from observation... | |
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Moon, when the Sun and Moon, at the moment of conjunction or opposition, are at their mean distance from the Earth, and in the plane of the celestial equator. This... 
