Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... constants of precession , nutation , and aberration , given in Peters ' well - known work , Numerus Constans Nutationis , & c . , Pet . 1842 . They contain for the 25 years to which they relate the logarithms of the quantities A , B , C ...
... constants of precession , nutation , and aberration , given in Peters ' well - known work , Numerus Constans Nutationis , & c . , Pet . 1842 . They contain for the 25 years to which they relate the logarithms of the quantities A , B , C ...
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... constants ; dt2 d dv dt a , the calculated mean distance of the Moon ; that is , n2 a3 is the sum of the masses of the Earth and Moon ; a is , therefore , an absolute constant . m , = n ' n is an absolute constant . " The Sun is ...
... constants ; dt2 d dv dt a , the calculated mean distance of the Moon ; that is , n2 a3 is the sum of the masses of the Earth and Moon ; a is , therefore , an absolute constant . m , = n ' n is an absolute constant . " The Sun is ...
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... constantly in view ; and the discussion and projection of my observations give October 27th as the epoch of minimum , just two days prior to the date of probable maximum , as given in Mr. Pogson's ephemeris . The magnitude at minimum ...
... constantly in view ; and the discussion and projection of my observations give October 27th as the epoch of minimum , just two days prior to the date of probable maximum , as given in Mr. Pogson's ephemeris . The magnitude at minimum ...
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... constant interruption with clouds and unsettled weather . In a tropical station , where the Sun rules in a cloudless sky , the presumed law might soon be put to the test , and the heating power of the Sun's rays before entering the ...
... constant interruption with clouds and unsettled weather . In a tropical station , where the Sun rules in a cloudless sky , the presumed law might soon be put to the test , and the heating power of the Sun's rays before entering the ...
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... constant element of time , or the quantity that emanates from the bulb in a unit of time . The experiments on the cooling of the thermometer , x , in a vacuum , show that from r = 30 ° to r = 15 ° , the time of cooling was 294 beats of ...
... constant element of time , or the quantity that emanates from the bulb in a unit of time . The experiments on the cooling of the thermometer , x , in a vacuum , show that from r = 30 ° to r = 15 ° , the time of cooling was 294 beats of ...
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2r+g Airy Alhazen Annex appears April Astronomer Royal bright Calculation CAYLEY clock Comet computed corrected crater Decl declination diameter difference distance Ditto ditto edge Ephemeris equations Equatoreal error excentricity eye-piece Greenwich inches aperture instrument July June Jupiter Jupiter's Satellites latitude light limb longitude Lunar m² e m² n² Mars Mean Solar measures Memoir meridian Minor Planets Monthly Notices Moon Moon's Mean Motion N.P.D. from Observation Nautical Almanac nearly Nebula nucleus Number of Observations obtained Occultation orbit parallax perihelion photographs Prof R.A. from Observation Radcliffe Catalogue radiation Right Ascension ring Royal Observatory Saturn Secular Acceleration shadow Sirius Small Planets Society Solar Eclipse soleil stars Struve Sun's disk surface T. W. Webb taches telescope term thermometer tion Transit of Mercury Ursa Variable Variable Stars W. R. Dawes Weisse