Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... surface during the years 1859 and 1860 have scarcely , I think , been equalled at any period during the year which is now drawing to a close . These commotions , indeed , would appear to be now calming down - consistently , so far ...
... surface during the years 1859 and 1860 have scarcely , I think , been equalled at any period during the year which is now drawing to a close . These commotions , indeed , would appear to be now calming down - consistently , so far ...
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... 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 general surface of the Mare . This appearance of being thus ...
... 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 general surface of the Mare . This appearance of being thus ...
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... surface , I found it necessary to devise some means for comparing with known standards of colour the tints of various portions , especially the dark - floored craters , the extensive grey plains , and the more luminous districts in ...
... surface , I found it necessary to devise some means for comparing with known standards of colour the tints of various portions , especially the dark - floored craters , the extensive grey plains , and the more luminous districts in ...
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... surface of the Sun , and , like the attractive force , varying as the inverse square of the distance , but which , in consequence of the finite velocity of propagation , acts in a direction inclined to that of the radius vector . Tabula ...
... surface of the Sun , and , like the attractive force , varying as the inverse square of the distance , but which , in consequence of the finite velocity of propagation , acts in a direction inclined to that of the radius vector . Tabula ...
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... surface in the neighbourhood of the Station . It appears that in the opinion of General de Schubert , this correction should have been made ; and with a view thereto , there should be a careful levelling of all the astronomical sta ...
... surface in the neighbourhood of the Station . It appears that in the opinion of General de Schubert , this correction should have been made ; and with a view thereto , there should be a careful levelling of all the astronomical sta ...
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