The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year ...order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1804 - Nautical almanacs |
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Afcen Affigns Aftronomical Aldebaran alfo Altitude Antares Aquila Arietis Author or Authors Cafe Calculations Center from SUN computed conftructed corrected Days Noon Declination Diff Diſcovery Diſtance DISTANCES of MOON's Eaft Eclipfe Emerfions Ephemeris faid Commiffioners fame fecond Difference ferve fhall fignifies firft Differences firſt Fomalhaut fubtract fuch Method Geocentric Greenwich H. M. S. Days Heliocentric Hourly Logar Immerfions increaſe Logarithm Longitude at Sea Lunar Tables MAYER'S Mean Anomaly Merid Midn Midnight Month MOON's Center Moon's Latitude Moon's Longitude Motion Nautical Almanac neceffary Number obferved Paffage Right Afcenfion paffing the Meridian pafss Merid Parallax Pegafi Perfon or Perfons Phafes Pollux propofed Proportional Logarithm publiſhed refpective Regulus Requifite Tables Reward or Sum SATELLITES of JUPITER SATURN Semidiam Spica STARS EAST Stars Names STARS WEST Sun's Longitude Sun's right Afcenfion Teleſcope thefe theſe thofe true Longitude uſeful vended Week Weft XVh XVIII ΙΟ
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Page 141 - Day are the fame in this Method as in the civil Account at Noon, and from Noon till Midnight ; but from Midnight till Noon they differ ; for whereas in the civil Account a...
Page 140 - Time found compared with that fl1evvn by the Watch; the Difference will be the Longitude in Time from the Meridian by which the Watch was fet, as near as the Going of the Watch can be depended upon.
Page 159 - A6b of Parliament for the Difcovery of the Longitude at Sea ; and for examining, trying, and judging of all Propofals, Experiments, and Improvements relating to the fame.
Page 154 - Table fo printed, publiflied, or vended, forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Pounds ; to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of His Majefty's Courts of...
Page 141 - Eciipfcs of Jupiter's Satellites are obferved by Aftronomers at Land, as well in order to provide Materials for improving the Theories and Tables of their Motions, as for the fake of...
Page 136 - Moon, ifobferved in a Place whofe Latitude and Longitude are well determined, may be applied to the Correction of the Lunar Tables ; but if made in a Place whofe Latitude...
Page 146 - Watch was fet, as near as the Going of the Watch can be depended upon. The Equation of Time is computed by taking the Difference of the Sun's true right Afcenfion and his mean Longitude correfted by the Equation of the Equinoxes in right Afcenfion, and turning it into Time at the Rate of 1'.
Page 157 - Affigns accordingly, out of any Money that may be in his Hands unapplied to the Ufe of the Navy, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority...
Page 142 - Tables ; the Conjunctions of the Moon with all Stars not lei's than the fourth Magnitude, which can be Occultations any where on the Globe, between the Latitudes of 60° North and 40° South : The Entrance of the Sun into the feveral Signs, and any other remarkable Phenomena.