On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & brothers, 1846 - 460 pages |
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... Parallax - Lunar Parallax found from direct Observation - Solar Parallax deduced from the Transit of Venus - Distance of the Sun from the Earth - Annual Parallax - Distance of the Fixed Stars 51 SECTION VIII . Masses of Planets that ...
... Parallax - Lunar Parallax found from direct Observation - Solar Parallax deduced from the Transit of Venus - Distance of the Sun from the Earth - Annual Parallax - Distance of the Fixed Stars 51 SECTION VIII . Masses of Planets that ...
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... parallax . For it seems incredible that the species or rays of the celestial bodies can pass through the im- mense interval between them and us in an instant , or that they do not even require some considerable portion of time . " 66 ...
... parallax . For it seems incredible that the species or rays of the celestial bodies can pass through the im- mense interval between them and us in an instant , or that they do not even require some considerable portion of time . " 66 ...
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... parallax of that object . It evidently in- creases and decreases with the distance . Therefore the base must be very great indeed to be visible from the celestial bodies . The globe itself , whose dimensions are obtained by actual ...
... parallax of that object . It evidently in- creases and decreases with the distance . Therefore the base must be very great indeed to be visible from the celestial bodies . The globe itself , whose dimensions are obtained by actual ...
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... Parallax - Lunar Parallax found from direct Observation - Solar Parallax deduced from the Transit of Venus - Distance of the Sun from the Earth - Annual Parallax - Distance of the Fixed Stars . THE parallax of a celestial body is the ...
... Parallax - Lunar Parallax found from direct Observation - Solar Parallax deduced from the Transit of Venus - Distance of the Sun from the Earth - Annual Parallax - Distance of the Fixed Stars . THE parallax of a celestial body is the ...
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... parallax of an object as near as the moon , it will not answer for the sun , which is so remote that the smallest error in observation would lead to a false result . But that difficulty is obviated by the transits of Venus . When that ...
... parallax of an object as near as the moon , it will not answer for the sun , which is so remote that the smallest error in observation would lead to a false result . But that difficulty is obviated by the transits of Venus . When that ...
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