Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... seen at Dr. Lee's Observatory at Hartwell , on the morning of July 31 , 1861 . By W. R. Birt , Esq . The Roman numerals refer to the accompanying sketch which is taken from Beer and Mädler's map of the Lunar Surface . I. Cichus . A deep ...
... seen at Dr. Lee's Observatory at Hartwell , on the morning of July 31 , 1861 . By W. R. Birt , Esq . The Roman numerals refer to the accompanying sketch which is taken from Beer and Mädler's map of the Lunar Surface . I. Cichus . A deep ...
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... seen this morning , as a projecting tongue of light into the dark shadow within the larger crater . III . A crater north of Cichus , given in the small German map , but singularly omitted in the large map . There is a very obscure ...
... seen this morning , as a projecting tongue of light into the dark shadow within the larger crater . III . A crater north of Cichus , given in the small German map , but singularly omitted in the large map . There is a very obscure ...
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... seen there , and which is , in fact , Comet II . , 1861 . The observations are sextant observations of the distances from three stars . Sir Thomas Maclear , Director of the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope , has communicated ...
... seen there , and which is , in fact , Comet II . , 1861 . The observations are sextant observations of the distances from three stars . Sir Thomas Maclear , Director of the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope , has communicated ...
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... seen directly . The Transit of Mercury , November 11 , 1861 , observed at Malta . By W. Lassell , Esq . At No. 9 , Piazzi Slierna , Via Torre , Malta , approximate longitude 58m 2 east of Greenwich , latitude 35 ° 54 ′ 46 ′′ north ...
... seen directly . The Transit of Mercury , November 11 , 1861 , observed at Malta . By W. Lassell , Esq . At No. 9 , Piazzi Slierna , Via Torre , Malta , approximate longitude 58m 2 east of Greenwich , latitude 35 ° 54 ′ 46 ′′ north ...
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... seen upon the Sun's disk immediately after sunrise , his appearance as a round black spot contrasting strongly with that of some ordinary spots on the Sun's surface . The instruments used , in different rooms , were the North- umberland ...
... seen upon the Sun's disk immediately after sunrise , his appearance as a round black spot contrasting strongly with that of some ordinary spots on the Sun's surface . The instruments used , in different rooms , were the North- umberland ...
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