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The description and use of the globes and the orrery. To which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar system / by Joseph Harris
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Ecliptick which the Sun is in. The Sunsplace being thus found, look for the famethe Ecliptick Line which is drawn uponhe Globe, and bring that Point to the Me-ridian ; then that Degree of the Meridian,vhich is directly over the Suns Place, is the)cclination required, which is accordingly[ither North or South, as the Sun is in the\orthern or Southern Signs. Thus,

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Pr ob . VI.To redlify the Globe for the La-titude, Zenith, and the Suns Place.

1. For the Latitude: If the Place be inIthe Northern Hemisphere, raise the ArctickPole above the Horizon ; but for the South[Latitude, you must raise the Antarctickj[then move the Meridian up and down in[the Notches, until the Degrees of the Lati-1 tude counted upon the Meridian below thePole cuts the Horizon; and then the GlobeI is adjusted to the Latitude.

1. To reBify the Globe for the Zenith:Having elevated the Globe according to theLatitude, count the Degrees thereof upon

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