"Azimuth" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... from the disposition of its immense nebulae, were lost in the rays of the rising sun. I had a complete observation of the progress and the close of the eclipse. I determined the distance of the horns, or the differences of altitude and azimuth, by the passage over the threads of the quadrant. The eclipse terminated at 2 hours 14 minutes 23.4 ...
— Equinoctial Regions of America • Alexander von Humboldt
... had explained, picked up ghost images from heated air masses, or from clouds, but it discriminated against them, refusing to form a definite image unless a material body came within range. Then, it indicated range and azimuth, checked the body against the predetermined data, and the selective magnification circuits ...
— The Players • Everett B. Cole
... Azimuth Circle. A great circle, whose plane passes through the zenith or point of the heavens directly overhead; any great circle in whose plane the vertical at the point of ...
— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone |
