Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1858 |
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... determined value of ; a convenient mode of attacking it has therefore some interest . There is not much difficulty in reducing the value of to the - cot S more concise form of ; sin p where S represents the angle at the sun between the ...
... determined value of ; a convenient mode of attacking it has therefore some interest . There is not much difficulty in reducing the value of to the - cot S more concise form of ; sin p where S represents the angle at the sun between the ...
Page 55
... determined the reflecting powers of these mirrors by carefully measuring their brightness with my eye- piece photometer ; and at the same time I observed also there- with other mirrors as well as prisms , and likewise object - glasses ...
... determined the reflecting powers of these mirrors by carefully measuring their brightness with my eye- piece photometer ; and at the same time I observed also there- with other mirrors as well as prisms , and likewise object - glasses ...
Page 76
... determined photometrically with the 13 - inch reflector of Mr. Worthington's observatory . As showing the degree of reliance to be placed on these magnitudes , I may After remaining invisible for about twelve months , this extraordinary ...
... determined photometrically with the 13 - inch reflector of Mr. Worthington's observatory . As showing the degree of reliance to be placed on these magnitudes , I may After remaining invisible for about twelve months , this extraordinary ...
Page 85
... determined ; but this was not very easy to do . The mode which struck me as the most practicable was , to fix on certain differences of north polar distance from the nucleus . Having , therefore , brought the nucleus to the cross ...
... determined ; but this was not very easy to do . The mode which struck me as the most practicable was , to fix on certain differences of north polar distance from the nucleus . Having , therefore , brought the nucleus to the cross ...
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... determined at the observatories of Green- wich , Paris , and Königsberg , between 1750 and 1850. The remaining part of the work is devoted to the construction of new solar tables from these materials , some account of which will in all ...
... determined at the observatories of Green- wich , Paris , and Königsberg , between 1750 and 1850. The remaining part of the work is devoted to the construction of new solar tables from these materials , some account of which will in all ...
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Adams Admiral Smyth angle Apparent R.A. Apparent appearance April Arcturus Astronomer Royal axis bright calculated Captain Carrington Catalogue centre coefficient comparison computed correction crater dark determined diameter direction disk distance ditto Donati's Comet eclipse edge elements envelope ephemeris epoch equations equatoreal error exhibited Geminus Greenwich instrument Jupiter l'équation l'on latitude length light longitude luminous lunar Lune magnitude Mean Solar measures Memoirs meridian Minor Planets mirror Monthly Notices moon moon's limb Nautical Almanac nearly Norman Pogson nucleus object-glass observations obtained occultation October orbit paper perihelion phenomena polar position present Prof Professor proper motions R.A. Apparent N.P.D. rays réfractions remarkable right ascensions ring Royal Observatory Saturn séculaire seen Sept Sheepshanks side Society solar spots standard stars sun's surface T. W. Webb tail telescope theory tion Variable Star visible volume