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Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 11

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Royal Astronomical Society

Priestley and Weale, 1840

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T R ROBINSON D D Member of the Royal Astronomical	1

A Catalogue of 726 Stars deduced from the Observations made	21

On an Ancient Solar Eclipse observed in China By R	47

On the Parallax of a Centauri By THOMAS HENDERSON	61

On the Difference of Longitude between the Greenwich and Paris	69

On the Position of LA CAILLES Stations at the Cape of Good	91

Errors of Heliocentric Longitude and Ecliptic Polar Distance	159

On the Optical Glass prepared by the late Dr RITCHIE	165

On the Regulator of the Clockwork for effecting uniform Move	249

On the Variability and Periodical Nature of the Star a Orionis	269

On the Variability of a Cassiopeia By W R BIRT Esq	279

On the Comparison of the Neapolitan Standard Yard with	285

Observations of the Comet in Ophiuchus discovered	291

An Address delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Society	306

Report of the Council of the Society to the Twentieth Annual General	313

Special General Meeting	330

On the Longitudes of Edinburgh and Makerston as determined	171

On the Determination of the Orbits of Comets from Observations	181

Observations of the Comet of ENCKE in October and November	205

Comparisons of the Differences of Longitude between the	233

On the Parallax of Sirius By THOMAS HENDERSON	239

Presents received by the Society since the publication of the preceding	341

List of the Fellows of the Society	369

List of the Associates of the Society	380

List of Persons to whom the Medals of the Society have been adjudged	381

List of Public Institutions Official and other Persons entitled by	387

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aberration Achernar Aldebaran angle Annual Aquarii Ascensions droites Astronomer Royal Astronomical ations Azimuth Bruxelles CAILLE CAILLE'S Cambridge Cape Capricorni Captain catalogue chronometers circle comet comète computed correction COTSEE DANIEL BERNOULLI Décl Déclinaisons boréales deduced Différences distance ditto dt dt Edinburgh end of base epoch equation errors étoile Geminorum Greenwich January June Klyp Fonteyn l'Académie LA CAILLE Leonis Libræ Lieut longitude Ma² Makerston Mean N.P.D. Mean R.A. Mean Whole measured Memoirs meridian Nautical Almanac node nutation observations obtained Ophiuchi orbit Orion parallax Paris Persée Piazzi Piquet Berg Piscium Precession Procyon proper motion Rigel right ascension Royal Asiatic Society ROYAL ASTRON Royal Observatory Royal Society Sciences sector sin² Society of London stars sun's Table Tauri telescope Virginis

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Title	Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 11
Author	Royal Astronomical Society
Publisher	Priestley and Weale, 1840
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	10 Dec 2008

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