| Richard Henry Stoddard - Naturalists - 1809 - 518 pages
...summit and the PAUL AND VIBGIMA. 55 foot of the Cross having nearly the same right ascension, it follows that the constellation is almost perpendicular at the moment when it passes the meridian. This cir cumstance is known to the people of every nation situated beyond the tropics, or in the southern... | |
| William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...follows hence, Mint the constellation (.the form of which recalls the sign of the baptismal covenant) is almost perpendicular at the moment when it passes...every nation that lives beyond the tropics, or in the soi'thern hrinisplure. It lias bren ob served at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the... | |
| Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1822 - 762 pages
...mark the summit and the foot of the Cross having nearly the same right ascension, it follows hence, that the constellation is almost perpendicular at...hemisphere. It has been observed at what hour of the night, iu different seasons, the Cross of the South is erect, or inclined. It is a time-piece that advances... | |
| William Jillard Hort - English prose literature - 1822 - 290 pages
...and the foot of the cross having nearly the same right ascension, it follows that the southern cross is almost perpendicular at the moment when it passes the meridian ; this circumstance is known to all the inhabitants of the southern hemisphere. It has been observed at what hour of the night, in... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...cross, having nearly the same right ascension ; it follows, that the constellation is almost vertical at the moment when it passes the meridian. This circumstance...beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere. It is known at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the Southern Cross is erect, or inclined.... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1824 - 452 pages
...cross, having nearly the same right ascension, it follows that the constellation is almost vertical at the moment when it passes the meridian. This circumstance...beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere. It is known at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the Southern Cross is ereT;t,"or inclined.... | |
| William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...nearly the same right ascension, it follows, that the constellation is almost vertical at the morrent al remove in: the city, and that in a greater hurry...goods being in greater danger by the fire than their p is known at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the southern cross is erect, or inclined.... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...cross, having nearly the same right ascension, it follows, that the constellation is almost ver. tical e grossness and indocility which too often accompany...proved a glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreea is known at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the southern cross is erect, or inclined.... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...cross, having nearly the same right ascension, it follows, that the constellation is almost vertical at the moment when it passes the meridian. This circumstance...beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere. It is known at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the southern его« is erect, or inclined.... | |
| William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...cross, having nearly the same right ascension, it follows, that the constellation is almost vet tical at the moment when it passes the meridian. This circumstance...beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere It is known at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the southern cross is erect, or inclined.... | |
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