The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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The increase of velocity in a moving body.

Acceleration of Sidereal on Mean Solar Time. The difference of time between a sidereal and mean solar day, amounting to 4 minutes. It is by this amount that the First Point of Aries anticipates the Sun in a mean revolution.

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