Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... direction ? I conceive that it is much safer to use the observations as they stand , to extract from them the best result which mathematics enable us to draw , to form the numerical values of the residual errors , and to judge whether ...
... direction ? I conceive that it is much safer to use the observations as they stand , to extract from them the best result which mathematics enable us to draw , to form the numerical values of the residual errors , and to judge whether ...
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... direction of X. towards XII . , and as far as XIV . , the surface is studded with small mountains ( hillocks in comparison with the larger mountain masses ) , clearly sepa- rating the smoother spaces within IX . and XVI . from the ...
... direction of X. towards XII . , and as far as XIV . , the surface is studded with small mountains ( hillocks in comparison with the larger mountain masses ) , clearly sepa- rating the smoother spaces within IX . and XVI . from the ...
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... direction to the efforts of the Observatory . Taschenbuch für Mathematik , Physik , Geodäsie , und Astro- nomie . Von Dr. Rudolf Wolf , dritte umgearbeitete und erweiterte mit 22 Tabellen und 5 Figurentafeln aus- gestattete Auflage ...
... direction to the efforts of the Observatory . Taschenbuch für Mathematik , Physik , Geodäsie , und Astro- nomie . Von Dr. Rudolf Wolf , dritte umgearbeitete und erweiterte mit 22 Tabellen und 5 Figurentafeln aus- gestattete Auflage ...
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... direction of M. de Tenner In the Years 1844-1852 1835-1840 1816-1828 1816-1831 45 20 -- 2. Podolia and Volhynia 48 15 48 15 52 3 ditto 3. Lithuania 52 3 56 30 ditto 4. Baltic Provinces 56 30 60 5 M. Struve 5. Finland 60 5 6550 ditto ...
... direction of M. de Tenner In the Years 1844-1852 1835-1840 1816-1828 1816-1831 45 20 -- 2. Podolia and Volhynia 48 15 48 15 52 3 ditto 3. Lithuania 52 3 56 30 ditto 4. Baltic Provinces 56 30 60 5 M. Struve 5. Finland 60 5 6550 ditto ...
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... directions , Mr. Quirling confined himself for several evenings after the first appearance of the comet to ... direction of Dr. Argelander . Seven sections , each comprising four sheets , are published . The first four sections ...
... directions , Mr. Quirling confined himself for several evenings after the first appearance of the comet to ... direction of Dr. Argelander . Seven sections , each comprising four sheets , are published . The first four sections ...
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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