Littell's Living Age, Volume 143Living Age Company Incorporated, 1879 |
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Page 262
... position of the celestial pole . - Now , of the extreme care with which this preliminary question of level was considered by the builders of the great pyramid , we have singularly clear and decisive evidence . For all around the base of ...
... position of the celestial pole . - Now , of the extreme care with which this preliminary question of level was considered by the builders of the great pyramid , we have singularly clear and decisive evidence . For all around the base of ...
Page 266
... position intermediate be- tween the two which they had thus ob- tained . Such a position would lie almost exactly ten hundred and seventy - two yards south of true latitude 30 ° north . ― we might not unreasonably conclude from the ...
... position intermediate be- tween the two which they had thus ob- tained . Such a position would lie almost exactly ten hundred and seventy - two yards south of true latitude 30 ° north . ― we might not unreasonably conclude from the ...
Page 267
... position of the thirtieth parallel of latitude , and also the precise position of the parallel , where , owing to refraction , the pole - star would appear to be thirty made . And the further the boring was degrees above the horizon ...
... position of the thirtieth parallel of latitude , and also the precise position of the parallel , where , owing to refraction , the pole - star would appear to be thirty made . And the further the boring was degrees above the horizon ...
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