The instrument could be used for research on the apparent movements of the Sun, including its relative distance from the Earth, measured through the size of the floor projected solar disk, and even to compare the results with Ptolomaic and Copernician predictions.
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Mechanical computers reached their zenith during World War II, when they formed the basis of complex bombsights including the " Globus " instrument showing the apparent movement of the Earth under the spacecraft through the displacement of a miniature terrestrial globe, plus latitude and longitude indicators.
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Shortly afterwards he is told of the apparent movement of Birnam Wood towards Dunsinane Castle ( as the witches previously prophesied to him ), which is actually Malcolm's forces having disguised themselves with tree branches so as to hide their numbers as they approach the castle.
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Around this time, he conducted research into the Color Phi phenomenon, investigating the influence of color on apparent movement from stationary images and also the fluttering heart phenomenon in which a red patch on a blue background appears to jump around as an observer moves his or her eyes.
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Its efforts have been to persuade the ELCA to return to orthodox positions with regard to its theology and teachings, rather than separation from the ELCA . According to their initial press release, a primary goal is to head off apparent movement toward formal recognition and ordination of homosexual clergy.
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For these reasons, Murray theorized that " in China [ chess ] took over the board and name of a game called a��h in the sense of'Astronomical Game', which represented the apparent movements of naked-eye-visible astronomical objects in the night sky, and that the earliest Chinese references to a��h meant the Astronomical Game and not Chinese chess ".
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Most sun charts plot azimuth versus altitude throughout the days of the winter solstice and summer solstice, as well as a number of intervening days . Since the apparent movement of the Sun as viewed from Earth is nearly symmetrical about the solstice, plotting dates for one half of the year gives a good approximation for the rest of the year.
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Jos?Miguel Insulza, the chief of the Organization of American States, made a statement indicating support for Zelaya's apparent movement towards a confrontational strategy with Micheletti's " de facto " government . " Insurrection and confrontation are not a good path to take, but I don't think we will avoid it unless the de facto government shows some flexibility ", he said.
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Hipparchus, whose works are mostly lost and known mainly from quotations by other authors, assumed that the Moon moved in a circle inclined at 5?to the ecliptic, rotating in a retrograde direction ( i . e . opposite to the direction of annual and monthly apparent movements of the Sun and Moon relative to the fixed stars ) once in 18 years.
