 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 516 pages
...plentiful bearer, and ripens later than the other. HORARY circle, of a globe, is fixed upon the brazen meridian, divided into 24 hours, having an index moveable round the axis of the globe, which upon turning the globe 15 degrees, will shew what places have the sun an hour before or after... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 458 pages
...plentiful bearer, and ripens later than the other. HORARY circle of a globe, is fixed upon the brazen meridian, divided into 24 hours, having an index moveable round the axis of the globe, which upon turning the globe 15 degrees, will shew what places have the sun an hour before or after... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 914 pages
...mill, into which the corn is put to be ground. HO'RARY CIRCLE of a globe, is fixed upon the brazen meridian divided into 24 hours, having an index moveable round the axis of the globe, which upon turning the globe 15 degrees, will shew what places have the snn an hour before or after... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - Science - 1846 - 768 pages
...horarius. Relating to an hour. The horary circle of a globe is a small brazen circle, fixed upon the brazen meridian, divided into 24 hours, having an index moveable round the axis of the globe, and used to show the hour or time of day in other countries. The horary line* or circles of a dial... | |
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... brought into England from the Netherlands in the year 1524. There are many kinds, hut the two best sorts are the white and grey kind : the latter is a large square hop, more hardy, and is the more plentiful bearer, and ripens later than the other.... 