Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 9Astronomical Society of the Pacific., 1897 |
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... close of the ice age only some 7000 to 10,000 years have elapsed , but this most probably is greatly underestimated . One may now ask , How much must the carbonic acid vary , according to our figures , in order that the temperature ...
... close of the ice age only some 7000 to 10,000 years have elapsed , but this most probably is greatly underestimated . One may now ask , How much must the carbonic acid vary , according to our figures , in order that the temperature ...
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... close of the month is about three degrees east of the star . Saturn rises two hours earlier than during the corresponding period in February , and toward the close of the month is well above the horizon before midnight . It is in the ...
... close of the month is about three degrees east of the star . Saturn rises two hours earlier than during the corresponding period in February , and toward the close of the month is well above the horizon before midnight . It is in the ...
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... close of the monih is about three degrees east of the star . Saturn rises two hours earlier than during the corresponding period in February , and toward the close of the month is well above the horizon before midnight . It is in the ...
... close of the monih is about three degrees east of the star . Saturn rises two hours earlier than during the corresponding period in February , and toward the close of the month is well above the horizon before midnight . It is in the ...
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... close conjunction of the Sun , Moon and Venus ; the Moon passes the planet at about 3 A. M. , and the Sun at I P. M. Of course , both Moon and planet are too near the Sun to be seen . Mars is still in the southwestern sky in the evening ...
... close conjunction of the Sun , Moon and Venus ; the Moon passes the planet at about 3 A. M. , and the Sun at I P. M. Of course , both Moon and planet are too near the Sun to be seen . Mars is still in the southwestern sky in the evening ...
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... close to the Sun. EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES . The phases of the Moon are given in Pacific Standard time . In the tables for Sun and planets , the second and third columns give the Right Ascension and Declination for Greenwich noon . The ...
... close to the Sun. EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES . The phases of the Moon are given in Pacific Standard time . In the tables for Sun and planets , the second and third columns give the Right Ascension and Declination for Greenwich noon . The ...
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aperture April Arcturian Astronomical Society Atlas atmosphere August Board of Directors bright BRUCE Medal C. D. PERRINE Capellan carbonic acid catalogue comet Comet-Medal Committee Committee-Messrs constellation December Decl Declination degrees eastward diameter dome eclipse EDWARD equatorial F. R. ZIEL feet Greenwich Hamilton Harvard College Observatory HOLDEN inches instruments interstellar medium January July June Jupiter latitude LEWIS SWIFT Library Lick Observatory longitude magnitude March Mars meeting Mercury meridian Messrs meteor minutes Miss O'HALLORAN MOLERA month Moon morning star motion Mount Hamilton moves nebulæ Neptune November Oakland observations October Pacific penumbra photographic planets plates President prisms Prof Professor proper-motion Publications quantity of carbonic R. G. AITKEN San Francisco Saturn SCHAEBERLE Secretary seen Sept September Shadow touching Sirian solar spectra spectroscope sun-spot telescope tion Transit umbra University Observatory Uranus Venus W. H. S. MONCK WILLIAM ALVORD Yerkes Observatory Yerkes telescope ΙΟ