An essay on the use of celestial and terrestrial globes; exemplified in a greater variety of problems, than are to be found in any other work; exhibiting the general principles of dialing & navigation. / By the late George Adams, mathematical instrument maker to His Majesty, and optician to the Prince of Wales.

Title

An essay on the use of celestial and terrestrial globes; exemplified in a greater variety of problems, than are to be found in any other work; exhibiting the general principles of dialing & navigation. / By the late George Adams, mathematical instrument maker to His Majesty, and optician to the Prince of Wales.

Author

Adams, George, 1720-1773.

Publication

Whitehall [Pa.]: :: Printed for William Young, bookseller and stationer n. 52 South 2d. Street, Philadelphia.,

1800.

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Subject terms

Globes.

Astronomy.

Dialing.

Navigation.

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"An essay on the use of celestial and terrestrial globes; exemplified in a greater variety of problems, than are to be found in any other work; exhibiting the general principles of dialing & navigation. / By the late George Adams, mathematical instrument maker to His Majesty, and optician to the Prince of Wales." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N27580.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• illustration
• title page
• PREFACE
• CONTENTS.
• PART I. A TREATISE ON THE USE OF THE TERRESTRIAL & CELESTIAL GLOBES.
• PART II. CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE GLOBES MOUNTED IN THE BEST MANNER; TOGETHER WITH SOME PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS.
  • DEFINITIONS.
  • DESCRIPTION OF THE GLOBES.
  • A DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCLES DESCRIBED ON THE BROAD PAPER CIRCLE B C; TOGE∣THER WITH A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF IT'S USES.
  • OF SOME OF THE CIRCLES THAT ARE DESCRIB∣ED UPON THE SURFACE OF EACH GLOBE.
• PART III. THE USE OF THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, MOUNTED IN THE BEST MANNER.
  • OF LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE, OF TERRESTRIAL MERIDIANS, AND THE PROBLEMS RELATING TO LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE.
    • PROBLEM I.
    • PROBLEM II.
    • PROBLEM III.
    • PROBLEM IV.
    • PROBLEM V.
  • OF LATITUDE.
    • PROBLEM VI.
    • PROBLEM VII.
    • PROBLEM VIII.
    • PROBLEM IX.
  • OF FINDING THE LONGITUDE.
  • LENGTH OF THE DEGREES OF LONGITUDE.
    • PROBLEM X.
    • PROBLEM XI.
    • PROBLEM XII.
  • OF THE TWILIGHT.
  • OF THE DIURNAL MOTION OF THE EARTH, AND THE PROBLEMS DEPENDING ON THAT MOTION.
  • TO RECTIFY THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE.
    • PROBLEM XIII.
    • PROBLEM XIV.
    • PROBLEM XV.
  • OF THE ARTIFICIAL OR TERRESTRIAL HORIZON.
    • PROBLEM XVI.
    • PROBLEM XVII.
    • PROBLEM XVIII.
    • PROBLEM XIX.
  • OF THE ANCIENT DIVISIONS OF THE EARTH INTO ZONES AND CLIMATES.
    • PROBLEM XX.
  • ZONES.
  • OF THE ANCIENT DISTINCTION OF PLACES, BY THE DIVERSITY OF SHADOWS OF UP∣RIGHT BODIES AT NOON.
    • PROBLEM XXI.
  • OF ANCIENT DISTINCTIONS FROM SITUATION.
    • PROBLEM XXII.
    • PROBLEM XXIII.
  • OF PROBLEMS PECULIAR TO THE SUN.
    • PROBLEM XXIV.
    • PROBLEM XXV.
    • PROBLEM XXVI.
    • PROBLEM XXVII.
    • PROBLEM XXVIII.
    • PROBLEM XXIX.
    • PROBLEM XXX.
    • PROBLEM XXXI.
    • PROBLEM XXXII.
    • PROBLEM XXXIII.
    • PROBLEM XXXIV.
  • When the sun does not shine bright enough to cast a shadow.
    • PROBLEM XXXV.
    • PROBLEM XXXVI.
    • PROBLEM XXXVII.
      • Method 1.
      • Method II.
    • PROBLEM XXXVIII.
    • PROBLEM XXXIX.
      • 1st, By a natural stile.
      • 2dly, By an artificial stile.
      • 3dly, Without any stile at all.
      • 4thly, Peculiar to the inhabitants of London, and any place within the distance of sixty miles from it.
    • COROLLARY.
  • THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DIALLING ILLUSTRATED BY THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE.
    • PROBLEM XL.
    • PROBLEM XLI.
    • PROBLEM XLII.
    • To find the distance of this line from that of twelve.
  • NAVIGATION EXPLAINED BY THE Globe.
    • PROBLEM XLIII.
    • PROBLEM XLIV.
    • PROBLEM XLV.
    • PROBLEM XLVI.
    • PROBLEM XLVII.
    • PROBLEM XLVIII.
  • OF THE USE OF THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, WHEN MOUNTED IN THE COMMON MANNER.
    • PROBLEM I.
    • PROBLEM II.
    • PROBLEM III.
    • PROBLEM IV.
    • PROBLEM V.
    • PROBLEM VI.
    • PROBLEM VII.
    • PROBLEM VIII.
    • PROBLEM IX.
    • PROBLEM X.
    • PROBLEM XI.
    • PROBLEM XII.
    • PROBLEM XIII.
• PART IV. OF THE USE OF THE CELESTIAL GLOBE.
  • OF THE PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES.
    • PROBLEM I.
  • OF THE USE OF THE CELESTIAL GLOBE, IN THE SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS RELATIVE TO THE SUN.
    • PROBLEM II.
    • PROBLEM III.
    • PROBLEM IV.
    • PROBLEM V.
    • PROBLEM VI.
    • PROBLEM VII.
    • PROBLEM VIII.
    • PROBLEM IX.
    • PROBLEM X.
  • OF THE EQUATION OF TIME.
    • PROBLEM XI.
  • THE USE OF THE CELESTIAL GLOBE, IN PRO∣BLEMS RELATIVE TO THE FIXED STARS.
    • PROBLEM XII.
    • PROBLEM XIII.
    • PROBLEM XIV.
    • PROBLEM XV.
    • PROBLEM XVI.
    • PROBLEM XVII.
    • PROBLEM XVIII.
    • PROBLEM XIX.
  • OF PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE AZIMUTH, &c. OF THE SUN AND STARS.
    • PROBLEM XX.
    • PROBLEM XXI.
  • OF THE AZIMUTHAL OR VERTICAL CIRCLES.
    • PROBLEM XXII.
    • PROBLEM XXIII.
    • PROBLEM XXIV.
    • PROBLEM XXV.
    • PROBLEM XXVI.
    • PROBLEM XXVII.
    • PROBLEM XXVIII.
    • PROBLEM XXIX.
    • PROBLEM XXX.
    • PROBLEM XXXI.
    • PROBLEM XXXII.
    • PROBLEM XXXIII.
    • OBSERVATION.
    • DEFINITION.
    • PROBLEM XXXIV.
    • DEFINITION.
    • PROBLEM XXXV.
    • DEFINITION.
    • PROBLEM XXXVI.
    • DEFINITION.
    • PROBLEM XXXVII.
  • OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL SPHERES.
  • A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PASSAGE OF THE STAR MARKED γ IN THE HEAD OF THE CONSTELLATION DRACO, OVER THE PARALLEL OF LONDON.
  • OF THE USE OF THE CELESTIAL GLOBE, IN PROBLEMS RELATIVE TO THE PLANETS.
    • PROBLEM XXXVIII.
    • PROBLEM XXXIX.
    • PROBLEM XL.
  • OF THE USE OF THE CELESTIAL GLOBE, IN PROBLEMS RELATIVE TO THE MOON.
    • PROBLEM XLI.
    • PROBLEM XLII.
    • PROBLEM XLIII.
    • PROBLEM XLIV.
    • PROBLEM XLV.
    • To find the time of high water at the same place.
    • PROBLEM XLVI.
    • PROBLEM XLVII.
    • PROBLEM XLVIII.
    • PROBLEM XLIX.
    • PROBLEM L.
    • PROBLEM LI.
    • PROBLEM LII.
    • PROBLEM LIII.
    • PROBLEM LIV.