10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACRONICAL»
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acronical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
acronical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth
Alternatively spelled “acronychal,” for example, in British usage. See Heliacal
Rise. Acronical Set 7 Alignment Studies Archaeoastronomy owes its emergence
in the 1970s largely www.abc-clio.com 1-800-368-6868 ABC-CLIO Acronical
Rise ...
Clive L. N. Ruggles,
2005
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How We See the Sky: A Naked-Eye Tour of Day and Night
The opposite of a heliacal rise is an acronical one, that is, the star rises—not just
before sunrise but also just after sunset (on the opposite side of the sky). It can
set just before sunrise, too, for that matter; that is “acronical setting.” Notice,
though ...
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Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and ...
Two months later, the star is nearing opposition with the sun and undergoes an “
acronical rising” in the east at first gleam. In less than 1 month, after opposition,
the “cosmical setting” of the star is seen in the western sky. After two more months
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He must mean either the heliacal or acronical rising of that sign. The heliacal
rising of a constellation is when it comes from under the rays of the sun, and
begins to appear before daylight : the acronical rising, on the contrary, is when it
...
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The principal roots of the Greek language
9 Acronical] compounded of anpoe., high, and vvZ, night; importing the beginning
of night, a term applied to the stars, of which the rising and setting is called
acronical, when they appear above or below the horizon at sunset. 10
Hemeralopia] ...
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A new and easy Guide to the use of the globes; and the ...
To tell the time of the acrOnical rwng lam? \ jetting If any flar. DEFI'NITION. 1.
acronical rifing of a flat is when the flat rife: juf't at the funfet ' 2., A {tar is {aid to fet
acronical/y, when it fets with the fun. A ' 'R U L E. Bring the fun's place for the
given ...
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Thesaurium mathematicae: or, The treasury of the ...
To find the Cofmical and Acronical Rising and Setting os the Stars. The Cofmical
Rising of a Star is when it ri* seth with the Sun, and the Cofmical Setting when it
sets in the Morning or goes down when the Sun is rising. The Acronical Rising is
...
John Taylor, William Alingham,
1707
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A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Illustrated with a ...
ACRONICAL, (from axgonixoss compounded of Jngsg, the extremity, and :85,
night). The rising and setting of a star or planet is said to be acronical when this
phenomenon happens just as the sun is descending below the horizon.
William Falconer, William Burney,
2012
He must mean either the heliacal or acronical rising of that sign. The heliacal
rising of a constellation is when it comes from under the rays of the sun, and
begins to appear before daylight : the acronical rising, on the contrary, is when it
...
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Archaeoastronomy in the Americas
Thus, the phase difference from an ideal acronical rising on the solstice eve was
44', which corresponds to a difference in altitude of 7°. Rigel rose at an altitude of
4° as seen from W2, and the sun set on a level horizon. Therefore, the altitude ...