Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... side . Omitting all observations except those which I have spe- cified , M. D'Abbadie's record is as follows : - : - Temps Moyen . Phénomène Noté . Hauteur de A , 13 division ( probablement 2.3 ) . No. de l'Ob- servation . Angle reduit ...
... side . Omitting all observations except those which I have spe- cified , M. D'Abbadie's record is as follows : - : - Temps Moyen . Phénomène Noté . Hauteur de A , 13 division ( probablement 2.3 ) . No. de l'Ob- servation . Angle reduit ...
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... side of so large a spot as 3 ( see Aug. 19th , sheet 56 ) is , I should imagine , very unusual . " I would only desire to remark , further , the impression which is increasingly felt by me of the extreme shallowness , by comparison , of ...
... side of so large a spot as 3 ( see Aug. 19th , sheet 56 ) is , I should imagine , very unusual . " I would only desire to remark , further , the impression which is increasingly felt by me of the extreme shallowness , by comparison , of ...
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... N.P.D. of the two stars , the distance between them was soon found , and the angle made by that distance with the meridian of one star . The three sides of the * See p . 26 , 27.—ED. 16 , 17 triangle formed by the Comet and two.
... N.P.D. of the two stars , the distance between them was soon found , and the angle made by that distance with the meridian of one star . The three sides of the * See p . 26 , 27.—ED. 16 , 17 triangle formed by the Comet and two.
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... side of the zenith . But the equatoreal telescope , which has been ordered of Messrs . Merz and Son ( 7 inches French in aperture and 9 feet 8 inches focal length ) , and is in course of construction , when it arrives , may per- haps ...
... side of the zenith . But the equatoreal telescope , which has been ordered of Messrs . Merz and Son ( 7 inches French in aperture and 9 feet 8 inches focal length ) , and is in course of construction , when it arrives , may per- haps ...
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... side connecting the terminal triangles of the two arcs . There are on the total arc 13 points where the azimuth and latitude have been astronomically determined . The Ob- servatory of Dorpat is the only point the longitude whereof has ...
... side connecting the terminal triangles of the two arcs . There are on the total arc 13 points where the azimuth and latitude have been astronomically determined . The Ob- servatory of Dorpat is the only point the longitude whereof has ...
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