Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volumes 3-4Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1891 |
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... instruments made by the REPSOLDS . . to face pages 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 Observations of the Solar Eclipse of June 6 , 1891 , at Ogden , Utah , by W. C. PARMLEY . 282 Scientific Visitors to the Lick Observatory ( Prof. Mendenhall ...
... instruments made by the REPSOLDS . . to face pages 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 Observations of the Solar Eclipse of June 6 , 1891 , at Ogden , Utah , by W. C. PARMLEY . 282 Scientific Visitors to the Lick Observatory ( Prof. Mendenhall ...
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... instruments . A feature which , by its small size , or by its faintness , is at or near the limit of vision for a small telescope , can often be seen with perfect precision in a larger one . The shortcomings in the present notes cannot ...
... instruments . A feature which , by its small size , or by its faintness , is at or near the limit of vision for a small telescope , can often be seen with perfect precision in a larger one . The shortcomings in the present notes cannot ...
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... instruments for teaching purposes . It was thought that , perhaps , a sum of $ 2000 would cover the cost of the necessary apparatus , and suitably house it ; in consequence of this , a committee from the Board of Managers of the College ...
... instruments for teaching purposes . It was thought that , perhaps , a sum of $ 2000 would cover the cost of the necessary apparatus , and suitably house it ; in consequence of this , a committee from the Board of Managers of the College ...
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... instrument and mean - time clock , and the other for a work - room . The latter has been suitably warmed from the professor's house adjoining ; in this room the nucleus of a library is placed with the batteries , chrono- graph and ...
... instrument and mean - time clock , and the other for a work - room . The latter has been suitably warmed from the professor's house adjoining ; in this room the nucleus of a library is placed with the batteries , chrono- graph and ...
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... instrument best adapted to the photographing of the corona - whether the reflec- tor will give better results than the refractor - whether large objec- tives are preferable to smaller ones , etc. Again , the question of diaphragms has ...
... instrument best adapted to the photographing of the corona - whether the reflec- tor will give better results than the refractor - whether large objec- tives are preferable to smaller ones , etc. Again , the question of diaphragms has ...
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angle aperture appears Astronomical Astronomical Society atmosphere August axis bright BURCKHALTER California Street Catalogue Chicago Section chronometer Comet Committee copies corona coronal pole crater dark diameter Directors disc distance drawings E. E. BARNARD eclipse elected elongated equator equatorial exposure eye-piece HOLDEN inches instrument J. M. SCHAEBERLE July Jupiter Jupiter's KEELER latitude Library Lick Observatory light limb London longitude lunar magnitude means meeting meridian meridian circle meteors minutes Miss CLERKE MOLERA Moon Mount Hamilton nebula negatives object observations obtained Pacific parallax Paris photographic PIERSON planet plates polar position present Prof Professor WEINEK proper motions Publications radiant rays reference book right ascension ring San Francisco satellite SCHMIDT Secretary seen shadow solar spectra spectrum spot stars stellar sun-spots sun's telescope temperature tion TRANSIT OF MERCURY U. S. Naval Observatory University visible W. H. S. MONCK W. W. CAMPBELL Washington Zodiacal light