...Lieut. Maignon, respecting theoretic and practical Explanations of a trigonometric Chart for reducing the apparent Distance of the Moon from the Sun, or a Star, at a true Distance, and for resorving other Questions of Navigation, by M. 1'Eveque.' — This is an...

...hour from noon when each altitude was taken, the azimuth at each observation, 8rc. 241 PROBLEM XXII. The apparent distance of the moon from the sun, or a star, and their apparent altitudes, or zenith distances, being given, to find their true distances, as seen...

...Helena. Ibid. p. 586. 8. Concise Rules for computing the Effeots of Refraction and Parallax in varying- the apparent Distance of the Moon from the Sun or a Star; also an Easy Rule of Approximation for computing the Distance of the Moon from a Star, the Longitudes...

...discussions of this subject wholly unnecessary. Investigations relative to the Problem for clearing the apparent Distance of the Moon from the Sun or a Star, from the Effects of Parallax and Refraction, and an easy and concise Method pointed out. By the Same.—The...

...discussions of this subject wholly unnecessary. Investigations relative to the Problem for clearing the apparent Distance of the Moon from the Sun or a Star, from the Effects of ^ Parallax and Refraction, and an easy and concise Method pointed out. By the Same....

...Children, from the age of three to eight Years. 2 Vols. St. GEOGRAPHY, &C. A Set of Lunar Tables for correcting the apparent Distance of the Moon from the Sun, or a fixed Star, for the Effect of Retraction. To which are added, Tables for Parallax, and Rules for computing...

...from the Sun, or a Star for the effects of Parallax and Refraction. BY NATHANIEL BOWDITCH, LL. D. A HE method of correcting the apparent distance of the Moon from the Sun, or a Star for the effect of parallax and refraction, which was published by me in a work, entitled the " Practical Navigator,"...

...in the manner of clearing the apparent distance from the effects of parallax and refraction. A Short Method of Correcting the Apparent Distance of the Moon from the Sun or Star. INVENTED BY THE AUTHOR. RULE. ADD together the apparent distance and apparent altitudes, and...

...means of a table of the t There arc many ways of abridging the process for ohtaining the true from the apparent distance of the moon from the sun or a star. The object of the above is merely to illustrate the essential parts of the operation to the theoretical...

...means of a table of the t There are many ways of abridging the process for obtaining the true from the apparent distance of the moon from the sun or a star. The object of the above is merely to illustrate the essential parts of the operation to the theoretical...