Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... comparison with the diagonal of the square , I can scarcely imagine why ) was evi- dently made under unfavourable circumstances ; and the power of the telescope was low . I think that M. D'Abbadie's inference is not sustained by his ...
... comparison with the diagonal of the square , I can scarcely imagine why ) was evi- dently made under unfavourable circumstances ; and the power of the telescope was low . I think that M. D'Abbadie's inference is not sustained by his ...
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... comparison , of the photospheric stratum in which is sunk the penumbra of spots generally , and even of the penumbral stratum itself ; inasmuch as the nuclei commonly remain visible to almost the very edge of the disk , the penumbral ...
... comparison , of the photospheric stratum in which is sunk the penumbra of spots generally , and even of the penumbral stratum itself ; inasmuch as the nuclei commonly remain visible to almost the very edge of the disk , the penumbral ...
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... comparison with the craters in its neighbourhood than I saw it . It is unde- signated , probably as having been an inconspicuous object at the date of Beer and Mädler's labours . XII . A small serpentine mountain chain between X. and XI ...
... comparison with the craters in its neighbourhood than I saw it . It is unde- signated , probably as having been an inconspicuous object at the date of Beer and Mädler's labours . XII . A small serpentine mountain chain between X. and XI ...
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... Comparison Stars . Assumed Places . Lalande I R.A. = 8h 36m 15 * , N.P.D. = 27 ° 14 ′ 2 ( 3 ) Lalande 22785 ditto 4 R.A. from Radcliffe ( 4 ) Groombridge 1888 3 1926 Armagh Catalogue 4 ditto 4 ditto 5 ditto = m 14h 34 42 * , N.P.D. = 36 ...
... Comparison Stars . Assumed Places . Lalande I R.A. = 8h 36m 15 * , N.P.D. = 27 ° 14 ′ 2 ( 3 ) Lalande 22785 ditto 4 R.A. from Radcliffe ( 4 ) Groombridge 1888 3 1926 Armagh Catalogue 4 ditto 4 ditto 5 ditto = m 14h 34 42 * , N.P.D. = 36 ...
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... comparison in the year 1854 , between Dorpat and Pulkova . In a statistic and chronological point of view , disregarding the observations of latitude which were in part repeated at a posterior epoch ; the total arc may be divided into ...
... comparison in the year 1854 , between Dorpat and Pulkova . In a statistic and chronological point of view , disregarding the observations of latitude which were in part repeated at a posterior epoch ; the total arc may be divided into ...
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