Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... calculation . In the calculation of the secular variation of the mean lon- gitude , I have set out with the proposition that the element which I have always denoted by has no influence over it . This proposition I have already proved ...
... calculation . In the calculation of the secular variation of the mean lon- gitude , I have set out with the proposition that the element which I have always denoted by has no influence over it . This proposition I have already proved ...
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... calculations founded upon the Tables of Le Verrier and Hansen , assuming the diameters of Sun and Moon as there adopted : · Green- wich Mean Time . 233 2853 258 Long . : - Duration of Total- ity on Central Line . 8 1 38 I 33 I 27 I 20 1 ...
... calculations founded upon the Tables of Le Verrier and Hansen , assuming the diameters of Sun and Moon as there adopted : · Green- wich Mean Time . 233 2853 258 Long . : - Duration of Total- ity on Central Line . 8 1 38 I 33 I 27 I 20 1 ...
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... calculation of refraction and parallax , the apparent altitude was found . 2. The Star's R.A. and N.P.D. being taken from the Nautical Almanac , its true altitude was computed , and by calculation of refraction the apparent altitude was ...
... calculation of refraction and parallax , the apparent altitude was found . 2. The Star's R.A. and N.P.D. being taken from the Nautical Almanac , its true altitude was computed , and by calculation of refraction the apparent altitude was ...
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... 4 8 12 84 5 -6 9 99 2 16 Epoch Period = = 1860 , Oct. 17'13 70.88 days Days . 84 20 24 28 32 86 40 44 48 52 00 385 56 60 64 68 70 10.0 Light - curve of R Sagittæ . Period = 70.88 days . 45 , 46 Calculating the times of the minima by.
... 4 8 12 84 5 -6 9 99 2 16 Epoch Period = = 1860 , Oct. 17'13 70.88 days Days . 84 20 24 28 32 86 40 44 48 52 00 385 56 60 64 68 70 10.0 Light - curve of R Sagittæ . Period = 70.88 days . 45 , 46 Calculating the times of the minima by.
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... Calculating the times of the minima by means of these elements , and comparing the calculated with the observed results , we have C - O . days . I. +173 6 . C - O . days . + Ο'ΟΙ 2 . + 0.61 7 . + 0'77 3 . - 2.63 8 . + 2.65 4 . + 0 ° 25 ...
... Calculating the times of the minima by means of these elements , and comparing the calculated with the observed results , we have C - O . days . I. +173 6 . C - O . days . + Ο'ΟΙ 2 . + 0.61 7 . + 0'77 3 . - 2.63 8 . + 2.65 4 . + 0 ° 25 ...
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