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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... telescope would probably be to explore and discover , and this would naturally be best done by using it as a visual telescope , for which purpose a focal length of about twelve times the aperture would perhaps be most suit- able ...
... telescope would probably be to explore and discover , and this would naturally be best done by using it as a visual telescope , for which purpose a focal length of about twelve times the aperture would perhaps be most suit- able ...
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... telescope would be to keep the cost as low as possible ; the first thing , therefore , is to give up the equatorial mounting , with its expensive and heavy work , and adopt some kind of altazimuth mounting . We have had large reflectors ...
... telescope would be to keep the cost as low as possible ; the first thing , therefore , is to give up the equatorial mounting , with its expensive and heavy work , and adopt some kind of altazimuth mounting . We have had large reflectors ...
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... telescope and the counterpoise weights in the other side would rotate on a central vertical pin , the greater part of the weight being taken off by floating a suitable circular tank in water ; the mirror end of the two lattice girders ...
... telescope and the counterpoise weights in the other side would rotate on a central vertical pin , the greater part of the weight being taken off by floating a suitable circular tank in water ; the mirror end of the two lattice girders ...
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... telescope . Probable Error of the Clock Correction when both the Clock Rate and the Instrumental Constants are found by a Least Squares Solution of a Single Night's Observations . By the Rev. John T. Hedrick , S.J. ( Communicated by the ...
... telescope . Probable Error of the Clock Correction when both the Clock Rate and the Instrumental Constants are found by a Least Squares Solution of a Single Night's Observations . By the Rev. John T. Hedrick , S.J. ( Communicated by the ...
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... telescope , and the strength of its trail in the plate , it is evident that its light is mainly actinic . The plate used was a Cramer " Lightning , " a very rapid and fine plate . Mount Hamilton : 1892 October 24 . Note on the Period ...
... telescope , and the strength of its trail in the plate , it is evident that its light is mainly actinic . The plate used was a Cramer " Lightning , " a very rapid and fine plate . Mount Hamilton : 1892 October 24 . Note on the Period ...
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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