Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... given an account of his observations of the eclipse of July 18 , and in particular of his measures of the height of a certain red prominence A , to which my present remarks are confined . The telescope employed had an aperture of 72mm.5 ...
... given an account of his observations of the eclipse of July 18 , and in particular of his measures of the height of a certain red prominence A , to which my present remarks are confined . The telescope employed had an aperture of 72mm.5 ...
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... given in the German map . The east ridge is , however , well given in the large map ; it is connected with the boundary of a large space south of Hesiod , presenting ( on the map ) the appearance of a large disrupted crater ( unnamed ) ...
... given in the German map . The east ridge is , however , well given in the large map ; it is connected with the boundary of a large space south of Hesiod , presenting ( on the map ) the appearance of a large disrupted crater ( unnamed ) ...
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... given are - the Greenwich mean time of each observation , and the observed distance , index - error , and corrected apparent distance . It does not appear necessary to give all the numbers of the observations , or the troublesome ...
... given are - the Greenwich mean time of each observation , and the observed distance , index - error , and corrected apparent distance . It does not appear necessary to give all the numbers of the observations , or the troublesome ...
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... given by the Observations of Zenith Distances of Nautical Almanac Stars and the Observations of Moon - culminating Stars during the year 1859 , are found to be Lat . 33 ° 51 ′ 40 ′′ -8 N .; Long . 10h 4 595-96 W. m The greater part of ...
... given by the Observations of Zenith Distances of Nautical Almanac Stars and the Observations of Moon - culminating Stars during the year 1859 , are found to be Lat . 33 ° 51 ′ 40 ′′ -8 N .; Long . 10h 4 595-96 W. m The greater part of ...
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... given in the British Association Catalogue or in Lacaille's New Catalogue ; and up to the end of 1859 the observations were limited to a space of 10 ° on each side of the zenith . But the equatoreal telescope , which has been ordered of ...
... given in the British Association Catalogue or in Lacaille's New Catalogue ; and up to the end of 1859 the observations were limited to a space of 10 ° on each side of the zenith . But the equatoreal telescope , which has been ordered of ...
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