[288] For example, Diurnal horary times of the first point of Gemini in the latitude of Alexandria 17° 6′ 30″ Number of temporal hours 12 15)205 18 0 Diurnal equatorial hours of the first point of Gemini in the latitude of Alexandria 13 41 12 Diurnal horary times of the first point of Gemini in the latitude of Southern Britain 19° 40′ 10″ Number of temporal hours 12 15)236 2 0 Diurnal equatorial hours of the first point of Gemini in the latitude of Southern Britain 15 44 8 The degree ascending in the ecliptic, at any given temporal hour, may also be ascertained by multiplying the number of temporal hours since sunrise, if the given hour be diurnal, but if nocturnal, since sunset, by their proper horary times; and the product is to be added, in the succession of the signs, to the aggregate number (as shown by the ascensions proper to the climate) of the Sun’s degree, if the given hour be diurnal, but, if nocturnal, to that of the degree diametrically opposite, and that particular degree of the ecliptic which shall correspond with the total number thus found in the ascensions of the climate will be the degree then ascending.[289] [289] Let the first point of Gemini be on the meridian above the earth; the number of temporal hours since sunrise will then be 6, by which 17° 6′ 30″ are to multiplied.
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