The Observatory, Volume 31Editors of the Observatory, 1908 "A review of astronomy" (varies). |
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A. C. D. Crommelin angles appears April Area Astrographic Astronomer Royal August axis binary bright British Astronomical Association Catalogue chromosphere dark David Gill determination direction distance double stars Earth eclipse give Greenwich Group Halley's Comet Hardcastle Herc Herschel instrument interesting irregular January July June Jupiter large regular spot latitude Lick Observatory light magnitude Maunder mean measures meteors method month Moon number of stars observations October orbit paper parallax period photographs planet plates position present President Prof proper motions reference refractor remarkable right ascension ring rotation Royal Astronomical Society Royal Observatory satellite Saturn seems seen Sept September Sir David Gill small spots solar spectroscopic spectrum stellar stream sun-spots Sun's taken telescope temperature Turner variable stars velocity visible W2 Cas XXXI ΙΟ
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Page 319 - We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain. Its movements have been felt, trembling along the far-reaching line of our analysis, with a certainty hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration.
Page 178 - Gas on the Temperature of the Crater of the Electric Arc," " The Thermal Radiation from Sun-spots," and " Radiation from a Perfect Radiator.
Page 330 - le plus riche de tous les savans; et probablement aussi, le plus savant de tous les riches.
Page 9 - IN the year 1908 there will be three Eclipses of the Sun and one of the Moon. I. — A Total Eclipse of the Sun, January 3.
Page 289 - There is a great comet. I want you to assist me. Come to dine and spend the day here. If you can come soon after one o'clock we shall have time to prepare maps and telescopes. I saw its situation last night, — it has a long tail.
Page 335 - If I may be permitted to do so. I should like to turn aside here for a moment, and inquire what we mean by seeing a thing.
Page 87 - ... which such disputes should be settled. Although the exceptional deluges of a thunderstorm or a great depression fall with equal and impartial heaviness on the hills .of the west or the flat plains of the east, the common every-day rains are precipitated on the high lands and in the mountain valleys which cross the track of the prevailing wind in much greater abundance than on level and low stretches of country. Most of the rain is borne to our islands from the Atlantic, and when it comes torrentially...
Page 87 - ... for the problem of the rivers is becoming acute. The growing populations of the great towns are tapping the upper waters and diverting the water from its natural channels, and at the same time they are polluting the lower courses with the waste of the factories and the streets. Toll is taken all along the banks of industrial streams for raising steam and carrying on the multitudinous processes of manufacture. There is sometimes anxiety as to whether the waterways can be kept sufficiently supplied...
Page 443 - The Report of the Scrutineers of the Ballot for the Election of the Council was read to the Meeting. The Report declared that the following were duly elected a COUNCIL FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.