Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 9Astronomical Society of the Pacific., 1897 |
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... latter , then the probability for varia- tions is wholly other than in the opposite case . " On the supposition that the mean quantity of carbonic acid in the air reaches 0.03 vol . per cent . , this number represents 0.045 per cent ...
... latter , then the probability for varia- tions is wholly other than in the opposite case . " On the supposition that the mean quantity of carbonic acid in the air reaches 0.03 vol . per cent . , this number represents 0.045 per cent ...
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... latter side it descends to the shores of Lake Mendota , about a hundred feet below it . The principal instruments of the observatory are the CLARK equatorial telescope of 395mm ( sixteen inches ) aperture , and the REPSOLD meridian ...
... latter side it descends to the shores of Lake Mendota , about a hundred feet below it . The principal instruments of the observatory are the CLARK equatorial telescope of 395mm ( sixteen inches ) aperture , and the REPSOLD meridian ...
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... latter date with difficulty , owing to thick haze ; and from these and the one of the 8th Professor HUSSEY and I deduce the fol- lowing system of parabolic elements : — T = November 25.6659 @ = 164 ° 36 ' 5 " = 1896.0 16 26 29 243 48 40 ...
... latter date with difficulty , owing to thick haze ; and from these and the one of the 8th Professor HUSSEY and I deduce the fol- lowing system of parabolic elements : — T = November 25.6659 @ = 164 ° 36 ' 5 " = 1896.0 16 26 29 243 48 40 ...
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... latter left a train , which remained visible between four and five minutes . NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY . The Lick Observatory publishes for distribution " A Brief Account of the Lick Observatory of the University of California ...
... latter left a train , which remained visible between four and five minutes . NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY . The Lick Observatory publishes for distribution " A Brief Account of the Lick Observatory of the University of California ...
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... latter date just as it was disappearing at the western limb . The " see- ing " on January 5th was so bad that the photographs taken were very poor ; those secured on the following days were much better . Figure 1 shows one of the ...
... latter date just as it was disappearing at the western limb . The " see- ing " on January 5th was so bad that the photographs taken were very poor ; those secured on the following days were much better . Figure 1 shows one of 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