Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... Sun and Moon , rests entirely upon his arbitrary correction of the first observation ; where his recorded measure was 13 , which measure he has changed with the simple remark " probablement 2'3 " , and has used so changed in the ...
... Sun and Moon , rests entirely upon his arbitrary correction of the first observation ; where his recorded measure was 13 , which measure he has changed with the simple remark " probablement 2'3 " , and has used so changed in the ...
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... Sun's northern hemisphere ; indeed , during the ninety - nine days upon which I made records of these appearances , I found , as nearly as I could judge , that a northern preponderance obtained on 7,8 47 days , and a southern one on 28 ...
... Sun's northern hemisphere ; indeed , during the ninety - nine days upon which I made records of these appearances , I found , as nearly as I could judge , that a northern preponderance obtained on 7,8 47 days , and a southern one on 28 ...
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... Sun on the 2d and 8th of July . is a good pocket - chronometer , by French : it has how- 3063 ever always been compared with the standard chronometer ( Dent , 1793 ) , which watch shows a good mean of the nine chronometers . 210 The ...
... Sun on the 2d and 8th of July . is a good pocket - chronometer , by French : it has how- 3063 ever always been compared with the standard chronometer ( Dent , 1793 ) , which watch shows a good mean of the nine chronometers . 210 The ...
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... Sun , and , like the attractive force , varying as the inverse square of the distance , but which , in consequence of the finite velocity of propagation , acts in a direction inclined to that of the radius vector . Tabula Quantitatum ...
... Sun , and , like the attractive force , varying as the inverse square of the distance , but which , in consequence of the finite velocity of propagation , acts in a direction inclined to that of the radius vector . Tabula Quantitatum ...
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... Sun , the Planet Neptune , and the Minor Planets , were observed in that and the two following years . All these observations were compared calculated places , and if no Ephemeris was available for the purpose , the places were directly ...
... Sun , the Planet Neptune , and the Minor Planets , were observed in that and the two following years . All these observations were compared calculated places , and if no Ephemeris was available for the purpose , the places were directly ...
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