 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1811 - 562 pages
...given in Phil. Transac. No. 224. The solution of the problem in which it is required ' to find when that part of the equation of time which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic, is a maximum,' is correct : but has the disadvantage of not being Jiuxionai. Were it not that Mr. Dealtry... | |
 | Samuel Vince - Calculus - 1812 - 274 pages
...— xx — ax — 0, or x — « = O, .;x = a. Ex. 14. To find the Sun's place in the ecliptic, when that part of the equation of time which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic, is a maximum. Let AV be the equator, AW the ecliptic, S the B Sun's place, and SB J_ AV ; then this... | |
 | William Dealtry - Calculus - 1816 - 492 pages
...(4¿* - Зм') а = PROB. 45. The Sun being supposed to move uniformly in the ediptic ; to find when that part of the equation of time, which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic, is a maximum. Let QQ represent the equinoctial, EL the ecliptic, A the first point of Aries, PLQ the... | |
 | John Greig - 1816 - 224 pages
...because the son passes through ihe southern signs sooner than the northern. PROBLEM XXXII. To find that part of the equation of time which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic, day and month being given.* Bring the sun's place to the meridian and fix the globe, reckon the number... | |
 | John Martin Frederick Wright - Mathematics - 1825 - 798 pages
...a given angle, find the focus of emergent rays. 17. The exact quantity of the year being 365.24215 days, explain the reason of the corrections in the...magnitude with that of its circumscribing cylinder. VOL II. S z TRINITY COLLEGE. FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. 1. To find the locus of the extremities of all the straight... | |
 | John Martin Frederick Wright - Mathematics - 1836 - 776 pages
...305.24215 days, explain the reason of the corrections in the civil year introduced by Julius Csesar and Pope Gregory. 18. Give the theory of the Trade...magnitude with that of its circumscribing cylinder. VOL. II. 2 Z TRINITY COLLEGE. FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. 1. To find the locus of the extremities of all the... | |
 | John BRINKLEY (Bishop of Cloyne.) - Astronomy - 1836 - 334 pages
...301) the observation should be made on or near the I prime vertical. „ Prop. XIV. To find when the part of the equation of time, which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator, is a maximum. If the sun moved equably in the ecliptic, the difference between its longitude... | |
 | Robert Main - Astronomy - 1863 - 434 pages
...vertical are determined by the equation h = a. + sin~1 (sin a tan I cot 8) . 72. When that part (E) of the equation of time, which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic (w), is a maximum, 73. When Venus was very near conjunction it was observed that the bright visible... | |
 | Benjamin Williamson - Calculus - 1873 - 394 pages
...с — Ь is a maximum when с -t- b — 90°. This problem occurs in Astronomy, in finding when the part of the equation of time which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic is a maximum. 21. Prove that the problem, to describe a circle with its centre on the circumference... | |
 | Benjamin Williamson - Calculus - 1873 - 406 pages
...and hence e - b is a maximum when c + 4 = 90°. This problem occurs in Astronomy, in finding when the part of the equation of time which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic is a maximum. 2i. Prove that the problem, to describe a circle with its centre on the circumference... | |
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Csesar and Pope Gregory. 18. Give the theory of the Trade Winds. 19. Prove that part of the equation of time which arises from the obliquity of the ecliptic to be a maximum when the longitude of the Sun equals the complement of its right ascension. 20.... 