 I am of opinion, that if it were 1" I should have perceived it, in the great number of observations that I made, especially of y Draconis; which agreeing with the hypothesis (without allowing any thing for parallax) nearly as well when the sun was in...  A Treatise on Astronomy: Theoretical and Practical - Page 319by Robert Woodhouse - 1821 - 875 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Vince - 1814 - 602 pages
...Draconis ; which agreeing with the theory (without allowing any thing for parallax) nearly as well in conjunction with, as in opposition to this star, it seems very probable that the parallax is not so great as one, y Draconis. o*> ' y Draconis. o ^ u* *™^ ~ -•* I --• 5 r- s IJP 1727... | |
 | Robert Woodhouse - 1821 - 1068 pages
...Systems.' Hooke's Treatise entitled. An attempt to prove the Motion of the Earth by Observations. + ' I am of opinion, that if it were 1", I should have...400000 times farther from us than the Sun.' Phil. Trans, for Dec. 1728. p. 660. must have discovered such an inequality in <y Draconis and >/ I rs;i-... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...Draconis ; which agreeing with the hypothesis, without allowing any thing for parallax, nearly as well when the sun was in conjunction with, as in opposition to, this star, it seems very probable that its parallax is not so great as one single second; and, consequently, that it is above 400,000 times... | |
 | Augustus Young - 1846 - 304 pages
...y Draconis ; which agreeing with the theory (without allowing anything for parallax) nearly as well in conjunction with, as in opposition to this star, it seems very probable that the parallax is not so great as one single second ; and consequently that it is above four hundred thousand times... | |
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