| Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 504 páginas
...points in his field. For in an achromatic, the points n, f, s, p, follow the circumference of the field in a direction contrary to that in which the hands of a watch revolve ; in a Hcrschelian, they follow in the opposite direction, or with the hand of a watch. The... | |
| Janet Taylor - 1852 - 98 páginas
...simple rule is deducible from these beautiful facts. In the northern hemisphere the cyclone rotates in a direction contrary to that in which the hands of a clock move, but in the southern hemisphere the rotation coincides with the movement of the hands. 3.... | |
| John Francis Twisden - 1860 - 380 páginas
...to a certain point, it is usual to reckon it positive if it tend to turn the body round that point in a direction contrary to that in which the hands of a watch move, or when it tends to turn the body from right to left upwards. If this assumption be made, then the... | |
| John Francis Twisden - 1863 - 412 páginas
...certain point, we may agree to reckon it positive if the pressure tends to turn the body round that point in a direction contrary to that in which the hands of a watch move. If this assumption is made, then the moment of any other pressure must be reckoned negative which tends... | |
| John Francis Twisden - 1863 - 390 páginas
...certain point, we may agree to reckon it positive if the pressure tends to turn the body round that point in a direction contrary to that in which the hands of a watch move. If this assumption is made, then the moment of any other pressure must be reckoned negative which tends... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - 1865 - 312 páginas
...correct. The direction of the planetary motions is indicated in this figure, in fig. 1, Plate VIII, and in fig. 7, Plate X., by the Zodiacal signs outside...Layard's ' Nineveh and Babylon ' and ' Nineveh and its Remains.' Collingwood Villas, Stoke, Devon : May, 1865. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. DISCOVERY OF SATURN THE... | |
| Janet Taylor - 1865 - 184 páginas
...simple rule is deducible from these beautiful facts. In the northern hemisphere the cyclone rotates in a direction contrary to that in which the hands of a clock move, but in the southern hemisphere the rotation coincides with the movement of the hands. 3.... | |
| Theodore Sedgwick Fay - 1867 - 258 páginas
...move in fig. I? Toward top or bottom of the map? Toward top of the map and so around. Yes, it would go in a direction contrary to that in which the hands of a clock move. All the objects would move, in that direction, around the N. Pole, in circles, more or... | |
| John Francis Twisden - 1868 - 364 páginas
...certain point, we may agree to reckon it positive if the pressure tend to turn the body round that point in a direction contrary to that in which the hands of a watch move. If this assumption be made, then the moment of any other pressure must be reckoned negative which tends... | |
| Erasmus Thompson - 1868 - 116 páginas
...simple rule is deducible from these interesting facts. In the northern hemisphere the cyclone rotates in a direction contrary to that in which the hands of a clock move, but in the southern hemisphere the rotation coincides with the hands. This whirling of... | |
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