Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... diameters of Sun and Moon as there adopted : · Green- wich Mean Time . 233 2853 258 Long . : - Duration of Total ... diameters , besides upwards of 200 separate spots , grouped or single , as amplified from 120 to 150 diameters . " I may ...
... diameters of Sun and Moon as there adopted : · Green- wich Mean Time . 233 2853 258 Long . : - Duration of Total ... diameters , besides upwards of 200 separate spots , grouped or single , as amplified from 120 to 150 diameters . " I may ...
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... diameter , and its telescope , of the same focal length , has a clear aperture of 4 inches . It cost about 1000l . Price without its piers 300l . The piers may be taken at a valuation at the discretion of the purchaser . The Astronomer ...
... diameter , and its telescope , of the same focal length , has a clear aperture of 4 inches . It cost about 1000l . Price without its piers 300l . The piers may be taken at a valuation at the discretion of the purchaser . The Astronomer ...
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... diameter of the planet . The result of these is 9 " 077 , with probable error = 0 " 189 . It is remarkable that the duration of the passage gives for this diameter 9 " 165. This value is different from that given in the tables . A year ...
... diameter of the planet . The result of these is 9 " 077 , with probable error = 0 " 189 . It is remarkable that the duration of the passage gives for this diameter 9 " 165. This value is different from that given in the tables . A year ...
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... diameter By mean of 6 measures , polar diameter = 10'09 = 9'72 The tremor was great , but the observations were taken with great care . Egress . Interior contact ...... Exterior contact ... h m 8 21 19 1440 G.M.T. 21 21 25.74 The time ...
... diameter By mean of 6 measures , polar diameter = 10'09 = 9'72 The tremor was great , but the observations were taken with great care . Egress . Interior contact ...... Exterior contact ... h m 8 21 19 1440 G.M.T. 21 21 25.74 The time ...
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... diameter of Mercury were found to be quite impracticable . Two measures of the planet's position on the Sun's disk were taken under a power of 68 , but a light cirrous cloud was passing slowly over the Sun at the time , and the images ...
... diameter of Mercury were found to be quite impracticable . Two measures of the planet's position on the Sun's disk were taken under a power of 68 , but a light cirrous cloud was passing slowly over the Sun at the time , and the images ...
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