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The Use of the Globes,

^OB. III. To find the Sun's Decli-B Nation:

the Globe, bring the Sun’s

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^ 1) to the Meridian, and

k ^ degree which it cuts in the MeridianpE ^^clination required.

^■GB. IV. To find the Sun's Right^ Ascension :

^ RlNG the Sun’s Place to the Meridian*\ tj 16 ^gree in which the Meridian cuts(ji^^uinoctial is the Right Ascension re-

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«0B. V. To find the Sun's Ampli-^^ G vE:

the Sun’s Place to the Horizon*\} tIie Arch of the Horizon between it^o r ? e &ast or West Point is the Amplitude*pi. ° r South.

K 0 B. VI. To find the Sun's Altitudeany given Day and Hour i^ the Sun’s Place to the Meridian ;lii f e Hour^Index to the upper XIL tsienGlobe till the Index points to the>Hj> a ^iour, where let it stand ; then screw-"Quadrant of Altitude in the Ze*it over the Sun’s Place, and the\ c °utained between it and the Hori-Vire^ 1 ^ § lve the Degrees of Altitude re*

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