Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... comparing Colours , proposed to be designated a Homochromascope . By W. R. Birt , Esq . In the course of my observations on the physical charac- teristics of the Moon's surface , I found it necessary to devise some means for comparing ...
... comparing Colours , proposed to be designated a Homochromascope . By W. R. Birt , Esq . In the course of my observations on the physical charac- teristics of the Moon's surface , I found it necessary to devise some means for comparing ...
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... compared with the standard chronometer ( Dent , 1793 ) , which watch shows a good mean of the nine chronometers . 210 The elements given are - the Greenwich mean time of each observation , and the observed distance , index - error , and ...
... compared with the standard chronometer ( Dent , 1793 ) , which watch shows a good mean of the nine chronometers . 210 The elements given are - the Greenwich mean time of each observation , and the observed distance , index - error , and ...
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... compared calculated places , and if no Ephemeris was available for the purpose , the places were directly computed from elements of the orbits . 1845-1852 1845-1850 and the history may be divided into four periods , embracing 1. The ...
... compared calculated places , and if no Ephemeris was available for the purpose , the places were directly computed from elements of the orbits . 1845-1852 1845-1850 and the history may be divided into four periods , embracing 1. The ...
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... compared with those contained in the Tabulæ Reductionum . Name of Star . « Andromeda > Pegasi ... & Persei & Tauri « Auriga ẞ Orionis 6 Tauri ... 58 00 00 -0 ° 02 0.00 396 76 Number of Observations . J.-W. R. A. Number of Observations ...
... compared with those contained in the Tabulæ Reductionum . Name of Star . « Andromeda > Pegasi ... & Persei & Tauri « Auriga ẞ Orionis 6 Tauri ... 58 00 00 -0 ° 02 0.00 396 76 Number of Observations . J.-W. R. A. Number of Observations ...
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... compared with a series of electrical atmospherical observations has led 38 , 39 me to admit a real connexion between this electricity , and the variations of at least the horizontal intensity . In many things , I think , M. Lamont is ...
... compared with a series of electrical atmospherical observations has led 38 , 39 me to admit a real connexion between this electricity , and the variations of at least the horizontal intensity . In many things , I think , M. Lamont is ...
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