Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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... tion of the Moon's mean longitude , which I have not yet quite completed . I must in fact execute in regard to these terms as great a labour as in the calculation of the lunar perturba- tions themselves . I must carry on the ...
... tion of the Moon's mean longitude , which I have not yet quite completed . I must in fact execute in regard to these terms as great a labour as in the calculation of the lunar perturba- tions themselves . I must carry on the ...
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... tion , which often vary the size of small craters , so that here is fair evidence of volcanic action since 1792 ; the silence of Beer and Mädler being characteristic , goes for little or nothing . " Webb gives two figures ; one , copied ...
... tion , which often vary the size of small craters , so that here is fair evidence of volcanic action since 1792 ; the silence of Beer and Mädler being characteristic , goes for little or nothing . " Webb gives two figures ; one , copied ...
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... tion are not greater than those which occur in observatories of a high class , as those at Oxford and Cambridge , and are such as to disappear to a great extent when the mean of four or five observations is taken ; but the instrumental ...
... tion are not greater than those which occur in observatories of a high class , as those at Oxford and Cambridge , and are such as to disappear to a great extent when the mean of four or five observations is taken ; but the instrumental ...
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... tion of Stars by the Moon ; and Phenomena of Jupiter's Satellites ; observed at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , during the month of November , 1861 . ( Communicated by the Astronomer Royal . ) Victoria @ R. A. from Observation . h m ...
... tion of Stars by the Moon ; and Phenomena of Jupiter's Satellites ; observed at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , during the month of November , 1861 . ( Communicated by the Astronomer Royal . ) Victoria @ R. A. from Observation . h m ...
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... tion 7 , containing sheets 26 , 27 , 32 , 33 , will amount to half the next Zone , 40 ° to 60 ° N. The observations by zones of 2 and 3 degrees broad with the 34 - lines telescope were brought to a close at 81 ° N. on March 27 , 1859 ...
... tion 7 , containing sheets 26 , 27 , 32 , 33 , will amount to half the next Zone , 40 ° to 60 ° N. The observations by zones of 2 and 3 degrees broad with the 34 - lines telescope were brought to a close at 81 ° N. on March 27 , 1859 ...
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