apparent horizon
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Even in dense pack-ice, if the observations are taken from the deck of the ship or from a hummock or a low berg, the apparent horizon is usually sharp enough for the purpose.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir
The tops of the clouds must not be more than five or ten degrees above the apparent horizon.
From Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
It is either true or apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon, apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The apparent horizon of the sea is there six leagues farther distant than at the top of the Silla, and yet we saw that horizon, at least for some time, very distinctly.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
It is foreign to the present purpose to shew what the causes are which have most effect in raising or depressing the apparent horizon.
From Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island by Hall, Basil
