Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... object of great interest . In 1833 I perceived that it was twice as large as it had been represented three several times by Schröter . On becoming possessed of the great map , I found it there also enlarged . Schröter , though a clumsy ...
... object of great interest . In 1833 I perceived that it was twice as large as it had been represented three several times by Schröter . On becoming possessed of the great map , I found it there also enlarged . Schröter , though a clumsy ...
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... objects suitable for further telescopic observation in or near Plato . The whole are bound in a volume , which is deposited in the Library for reference and circulation . Mean Solar Time of Observation . 1861 , Oct. 4 Irene 1 . R.A. ...
... objects suitable for further telescopic observation in or near Plato . The whole are bound in a volume , which is deposited in the Library for reference and circulation . Mean Solar Time of Observation . 1861 , Oct. 4 Irene 1 . R.A. ...
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... object - glass of 4 inches clear aperture , with a focal length of 8 feet , and is an excellent in- strument of its class . Price 120l . without the piers . The Meridian Circle , by Jones , is 6 feet in diameter , and its telescope , of ...
... object - glass of 4 inches clear aperture , with a focal length of 8 feet , and is an excellent in- strument of its class . Price 120l . without the piers . The Meridian Circle , by Jones , is 6 feet in diameter , and its telescope , of ...
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... object described in your letter , My Lords will be prepared to issue the amount in such manner as you may desire , on the understanding that the Society will see to the proper application of the fund thus placed at its disposal . I have ...
... object described in your letter , My Lords will be prepared to issue the amount in such manner as you may desire , on the understanding that the Society will see to the proper application of the fund thus placed at its disposal . I have ...
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... object - glass by Messrs . Alvan Clark and Sons , and of 7 inches aperture . It was formerly in the possession of the Rev. W. R. Dawes , and was very favourably spoken of by him — a sufficient guarantee of its quality . I usually employ ...
... object - glass by Messrs . Alvan Clark and Sons , and of 7 inches aperture . It was formerly in the possession of the Rev. W. R. Dawes , and was very favourably spoken of by him — a sufficient guarantee of its quality . I usually employ ...
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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