Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 53; Volumes 1892-1893Priestley and Weale, 1893 Includes lists of additions to the Society's library, usually separately paged. |
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... lunar theory . It will be seen that predictions were not made for the earlier days in each lunation , though the observations with the Transit Circle are printed . Corrections to R.A. of Moon in 1892. Predicted approximately from the ...
... lunar theory . It will be seen that predictions were not made for the earlier days in each lunation , though the observations with the Transit Circle are printed . Corrections to R.A. of Moon in 1892. Predicted approximately from the ...
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... Lunar Eclipse , 1892 May 11-12 . By G. J. Newbegin . The night of May 11-12 turned out so exceptionally fine and clear that ( though in -16 ° of declination ) the Moon soon became a steady object in the telescope . With regard to the ...
... Lunar Eclipse , 1892 May 11-12 . By G. J. Newbegin . The night of May 11-12 turned out so exceptionally fine and clear that ( though in -16 ° of declination ) the Moon soon became a steady object in the telescope . With regard to the ...
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... lunar eclipse , 1892 , May 11 , presented by Mr. Newbegin . Opposition of Mars , 1892. Observations made at the Royal Obser- vatory , Cape of Good Hope . By David Gill , LL.D. , F.R.S. , H.M. Astronomer . When Professor Eastman's ...
... lunar eclipse , 1892 , May 11 , presented by Mr. Newbegin . Opposition of Mars , 1892. Observations made at the Royal Obser- vatory , Cape of Good Hope . By David Gill , LL.D. , F.R.S. , H.M. Astronomer . When Professor Eastman's ...
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... lunar acceleration , resting as it does on observa- tions of eclipses in very remote ages . The next investigation relating to the subject is by Laplace , who showed that the acceleration could be accounted for by supposing that the ...
... lunar acceleration , resting as it does on observa- tions of eclipses in very remote ages . The next investigation relating to the subject is by Laplace , who showed that the acceleration could be accounted for by supposing that the ...
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... Lunar Theory and extending the investi- gation only to the fourth order , had the satisfaction of obtaining Adams's coefficient 3771 , a result which he brought before the French Academy in January , 1859. This caused Adams to com ...
... Lunar Theory and extending the investi- gation only to the fourth order , had the satisfaction of obtaining Adams's coefficient 3771 , a result which he brought before the French Academy in January , 1859. This caused Adams to com ...
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Academy Andromedæ angle appeared Aquilæ Astronomer Royal Auriga Bisection bright Burnham Camelop Canis Carinæ Cassiopeia Catalogue Centauri centre Cephei cluster coefficient comet comparison stars correction Cygni Dembowski determined diameter distance double stars E. E. Barnard eclipse epoch Equat equatoreal exposure Galactic Long Geminorum Greenwich Greenwich Mean instrument Isaac Roberts June Jupiter Lalande lens Lick Observatory London longitude lunar Lupi Magn magnitude me²e mean measures Meteorological micrometer Monocerotis Monthly Notices Moon motion nebula Nova Auriga observations obtained Ophiuchi orbit Orionis paper parallax Paris period Persei photographs planet plates position probable error Professor proper motion Puppis Refraction right ascension Royal Observatory S. W. Burnham Sagittarii satellite Saturn Schiaparelli Scorpii seen Sept solar spectra spectroscope spectrum stellar Struve Tauri telescope thermometer tion transit transit circle Velorum ΙΟ