 | Tiberius Cavallo - 1803 - 490 lapas
...difcovery, that of the nutation of the earth's axis. This is a kind of libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic...is continually varying backwards and forwards, by a final! number of feconds. The whole extent of this change in the inclination of the axis, or, which... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1815 - 686 lapas
...NUN'KZ (PETER). See NONIUS. NUTATION, in Astronomy, a kind of libratory motion of the earth's axis ; by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is continually varying, by a certain number of seconds, backwards and forwards. The whole extent of this change in the inclination... | |
 | George Crabb - 1823 - 704 lapas
...stein hanging down outwards from the top. NUTATION (Axlron.) a hbratory motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is continually varying backwards and forwards. NUTCRA'CKER (Qrn.) a bird of the crow tribe, which ' Kves in the pine forests of Siberia. STUTGALLS... | |
 | Tobias Ostrander - 1834 - 272 lapas
...telescopic stars that have a cloudy appearance. Nutation of the earth's axis, is a kind of vibratory motion, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is subject to a small variation. O. Oblique Ascension, is that point of the equinoctial which rises with... | |
 | Thomas Squire - 1836 - 332 lapas
...which number is the limit of Fafter day, always falling between the 21st of March and 25th of April. NUTATION of the earth's axis, is a kind of libratory...which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is subject to a small variation. OBLIQUE Ascension, is that point of the equinoctial which rises with... | |
 | John Lee COMSTOCK (and HOBLYN (Richard Dennis)), John Lee COMSTOCK - 1846 - 506 lapas
...falling between the 21st of March, and 25th of April NUTATION OF THE EARTH'S AXIS. A kind of vibratory motion, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is subject to a small variation,. 0 OBLATE, Flattened, or shortened, as an oblate spheroid, having its... | |
 | Henry McMurtrie - 1847 - 268 lapas
...NUTA'TION, Ast., Lat., nutare, to shake, or vibrate. The nutation of the Earth's axis is a kind of vibratory motion, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is sub'ected to a slight variation. NYCTAGINA'CE^E, Bot., Gr., w\ (mtx), night, and aytw (agein), to attract... | |
 | Henry McMurtrie - 1851 - 272 lapas
...NUTA'TION, Ast., Lat., nutare, to shake, or vibrate. The nutation of the Earth's axis is a kind of vibratory motion, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is subjected to a slight variation. 160 NYCTAGINA'CE^E, Bot., Gr., vvl (nux), night, and ays** (agein),... | |
 | John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1859 - 1116 lapas
...nu-ta'sbun, ». (nuUitio, a nodding, Lat.) In Astronomy, a tremulous or vibrating motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the ! plane of the ecliptic is continually varying, being in its annual revolution twice inclined to the ecliptic, and as often returning to its former... | |
 | P. Austin Nuttall - 1869 - 356 lapas
...mineralogy, a phosphate of lead and lime, of agreenish colour, with a feeble or greasy tremne earth, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is continually varying, heing in its annual revolution twice inclined to the ecliptic, and as often returning to its former... | |
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NUTA'TION, Ast., Lat., nutare, to shake, or vibrate. The nutation of the Earth's axis is a kind of vibratory motion, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is sub'ected to a slight variation. 