On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Stars 79 SECTION XII . Mean and Apparent Sidereal Time - Equation of Time - - - - - Mean and Apparent Solar Time ยท English and French Subdivisions of Time - Leap Equinoctial Time Remarkable Eras de- - Year Christian Era- pending upon ...
... Stars 79 SECTION XII . Mean and Apparent Sidereal Time - Equation of Time - - - - - Mean and Apparent Solar Time ยท English and French Subdivisions of Time - Leap Equinoctial Time Remarkable Eras de- - Year Christian Era- pending upon ...
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... on Encke's and Biela's Comets - Velocity of Comets - The Comet of 1264 - The great Comet of 1343- Physical Constitution - Shine by borrowed Light Estima- tion of their Number 358 - SECTION XXXVI . - - - The Fixed Stars Their CONTENTS . XV.
... on Encke's and Biela's Comets - Velocity of Comets - The Comet of 1264 - The great Comet of 1343- Physical Constitution - Shine by borrowed Light Estima- tion of their Number 358 - SECTION XXXVI . - - - The Fixed Stars Their CONTENTS . XV.
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... Stars Binary Systems - Their Orbits and Periodic Times - Colours of the Stars -Stars that have vanished- - Variable Stars - Variation in Sun's Light Parallax and Distances of the Fixed Stars Masses of the Stars Comparative Light of the ...
... Stars Binary Systems - Their Orbits and Periodic Times - Colours of the Stars -Stars that have vanished- - Variable Stars - Variation in Sun's Light Parallax and Distances of the Fixed Stars Masses of the Stars Comparative Light of the ...
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... stars ; and 20,984 years to complete its tropical revolution ( N. 69 ) , or to return to the same equinox . The difference between these two periods arises from a retrograde motion in the equinoctial point , which meets the advancing ...
... stars ; and 20,984 years to complete its tropical revolution ( N. 69 ) , or to return to the same equinox . The difference between these two periods arises from a retrograde motion in the equinoctial point , which meets the advancing ...
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... stars , comets , or any unknown and unseen bodies , affect our sun and planets , the nodes of this plane will slowly recede on the plane of that im- mense orbit which the sun may describe about some most distant centre , in a period ...
... stars , comets , or any unknown and unseen bodies , affect our sun and planets , the nodes of this plane will slowly recede on the plane of that im- mense orbit which the sun may describe about some most distant centre , in a period ...
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