 | William Whewell - 1837 - 556 pages
...French Board of Longitude published Delambre's improved solar tables; and in the Connaissance des Terns, for 1816, Burckhardt gave the results of a comparison...Delambre's tables with a great number of Maskelyne's observations;—far greater than the number on which they were founded 87 . It appeared that 5 Voiron.... | |
 | William Whewell - 1837 - 750 pages
...French Board of Longitude published Delambre's improved solar tables; and in the Connaissance des Terns, for 1816, Burckhardt gave the results of a comparison...Delambre's tables with a great number of Maskelyne's observations;—far greater than the number on which they were founded 117 . It appeared that " Voiron.... | |
 | William Whewell - 1837 - 570 pages
...Board of Longitude published Delambre's improved solar tables ; and in the Connaissance des Terns, for 1816, Burckhardt gave the results of a comparison...Delambre's tables with a great number of Maskelyne's observations;—far greater than the number on which they were founded 87 . It appeared that " Voiron.... | |
 | William Whewell - 1847 - 640 pages
...French Board of Longitude published Delambre's improved Solar Tables; and in the Connaissance des Terns for 1816, Burckhardt gave the results of a comparison...that the epoch, the perigee, and the eccentricity, * Voiron. Hist. p. 315. M Montucla, iv. 42. required sensible alterations, and that the mass of Venus... | |
 | William Whewell - 1847 - 650 pages
...French Board of Longitude published Delambre's improved Solar Tables; and in the Connaissance des Terns for 1816, Burckhardt gave the results of a comparison...Delambre's Tables with a great number of Maskelyne's observations;—far greater than the number on which they were founded 27 . It appeared that the epoch,... | |
 | William Whewell - 1847 - 622 pages
...French Board of Longitude published Delambre's improved Solar Tables; and in the Connaissance des Terns for 1816, Burckhardt gave the results of a comparison...Delambre's Tables with a great number of Maskelyne's observations;—far greater than the number on which they were founded 27 . It appeared that the epoch,... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 566 pages
...French Board of Longitude published Delambre's improved Solar Tables; and in the Connaissance des Terns for 1816, Burckhardt gave the results of a comparison...greater than the number on which they were founded. 28 It appeared that the epoch, the perigee, and the eccentricity, required sensible alterations, and... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 622 pages
...French Board of Longitude published Delambre's improved Solar Tables; and in the Connaissance des Terns for 1816, Burckhardt gave the results of a comparison...greater than the number on which they were founded. 88 It appeared that the epoch, the perigee, and the eccentricity, required sensible alterations, and... | |
 | William Whewell - 1859 - 596 pages
...French Board of Longitude published Delambre's improved Solar Tables; and in the Connaissance des Terns for 1816, Burckhardt gave the results of a comparison...and that the mass of Venus ought to be reduced about one-ninth, and that of the Moon to be sensibly diminished. In 1827, Professor Airy B compared Delambre's... | |
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for 1816, Burckhardt gave the results of a comparison of Delambre's Tables with a great number of Maskelyne's observations (far greater than the number on which they were founded). It appeared that the epoch, the perigee, and the eccentricity, required... 