This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...corrected for semi-diameter, &c., and the true bearing obtained with the aid of the latitude and the declination given in Nautical Almanac (corrected for time). "With regard to the elevations of the horizon, the existence of trees on or just below the sky-line reuders readings to the nearest minute uncertain. In all ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...corrected for semi-diameter, &c., and the true bearing obtained with the aid of the latitude and the declination given in Nautical Almanac (corrected for time). "With regard to the elevations of the horizon, the existence of trees on or just below the sky-line reuders readings to the nearest minute uncertain. In all cases I have tried to give the most probable value, supposing the trees to be absent. In some places the heights will have altered slightly during recent years owing to the construction of railways. "The values given are the means of observations. Thev are not corrected for height of instrument above ground, which might increase the angles by about 5 mins. Trees on the sky-line appear to make a difference of some 35 mins." The azimuths as found by Mr. Morrow and myself are as under: The azimuths to which I first direct attention are these: Az. Great circle to quoit... N. 17" E S.W. circle to great circle.. N. 20" E. These azimuths indicate that at Stanton Drew as at 1 With regard to these values Mr. Morrow writes: "At present Hauteville's quoit is not visible from the centre of great circle. If the stone were erect, however, and any intervening trees and walls removed, the top of the stone would no doubt be within view. The Hauteville quoit line is thus rather a difficult one to obtain with accuracy, but the azimuth given should be correct to the nearest minute." the Hurlers and elsewhere we are dealing with Arcturus as a clock-star. The facts are: One of the greatest differences between Mr. Morrow's local observation and my reading of the 25-inch Ordnance map occurs in the case of the direction of the avenue from the great circle. It may be suggested that the use of this avenue was to observe the May and A...
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