Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 9Astronomical Society of the Pacific., 1897 |
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... less ( about fifteen per cent . ) than in the Northern hemisphere . The ocean currents , too , must there , as at the present time , have effaced the differences in temperature at different latitudes to a greater extent than in the ...
... less ( about fifteen per cent . ) than in the Northern hemisphere . The ocean currents , too , must there , as at the present time , have effaced the differences in temperature at different latitudes to a greater extent than in the ...
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... less , than now . " As the question of the probability of quantitative variation of the carbonic acid in the atmosphere is in the most decided manner answered by Professor HÖGBOM , there remains only one other point to which I wish to ...
... less , than now . " As the question of the probability of quantitative variation of the carbonic acid in the atmosphere is in the most decided manner answered by Professor HÖGBOM , there remains only one other point to which I wish to ...
Page 23
... less . Further , this lowering would . in non - tropical regions , be less on the continents than on the ocean , and would diminish the annual variations of the temperature . This diminu- tion of the air's transparency ought chiefly to ...
... less . Further , this lowering would . in non - tropical regions , be less on the continents than on the ocean , and would diminish the annual variations of the temperature . This diminu- tion of the air's transparency ought chiefly to ...
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... less throughout the month , and it comes to superior conjunction on April 1st . Venus is an evening star , having passed its greatest east elongation in February . During the month it draws a little . nearer the Sun , but sets more than ...
... less throughout the month , and it comes to superior conjunction on April 1st . Venus is an evening star , having passed its greatest east elongation in February . During the month it draws a little . nearer the Sun , but sets more than ...
Page 54
... less important relations to the ordinary affairs of life . The land is crossed in every direction by roads of steel . Smooth tracks , swift locomotives , and comfortable cars make travel easy and enjoyable ; strong and commodious cars ...
... less important relations to the ordinary affairs of life . The land is crossed in every direction by roads of steel . Smooth tracks , swift locomotives , and comfortable cars make travel easy and enjoyable ; strong and commodious cars ...
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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