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" ... in its situation. By the middle of April it appeared to be returning back again towards the north; and about the beginning of June, it passed at the same distance from the zenith as it had done in December, when it... "
An elementary treatise on astronomy - Page 234
by Robert Woodhouse - 1821
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The Elements of Astronomy: Designed for the Use of Students in the University

Samuel Vince - 1811 - 260 pages
...much it was ; and about the beginning of March, 1726, the star was found to be 20" more southwardly than at the time of the first observation. It now,...seemed to have arrived at its utmost limit southward, because, in several trials made about this time, no sensible difference was observed in its situation....
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A Complete System of Astronomy, Volume 1

Samuel Vince - 1814 - 602 pages
...much it was; and about -the beginning of March 1726, the star was found to be 20' more southwardly than at the time of the first observation. It now...seemed to have arrived at its utmost limit southward, because in several trials made about this time no sensible difference was observed in its situation....
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An Introduction to Astronomy ...

John Bonnycastle - 1816 - 490 pages
...much it was : and about the beginning of March 1726, the star was found to be twenty seconds farther southerly than at the time of the first observation....seemed to have arrived at its utmost limit southward ; because, in several trials made about this time, no sensible difference was observed in its situation...
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The Scientific Library; Or, Repository of Useful and Polite Literature ...

Thomas Smith - 1818 - 158 pages
...repeated observations, they found this star, about the beginning of March, 1726, to be twenty seconds more southerly than at the time of the first observation....seemed to have arrived at its utmost limit southward : because in several trials made about this time, no sensible difference was observed in its situation....
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The Principles of Hydrostatics: Designed for the Use of Students in the ...

Samuel Vince - 1820 - 472 pages
...much it was ; and about the beginning of March, 1726, the star was found to be 20" more southwardly than at the time of the first observation. It now indeed, seemed to have arrived at it's utmost limit southward, because in several trials made about this time, no sensible difference...
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A Treatise on Astronomy: Theoretical and Practical

Robert Woodhouse - 1821 - 922 pages
...longitude about Sept. 22, the latter about March 19Now Bradley says (Phil. Trans. No. 406. p. 640.) ' About the beginning of March (Old Stile) the star...nothing, either when O + 3' 1° 42' = 6", or, when O + 3 1 42 = 12 ; that is, either on June 20th, when O = 2' 28° 18' or, on Dec. 20th, when O = 8 28...
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Containing the theories of the fixed stars. 1821

Robert Woodhouse - 1821 - 490 pages
...longitude about Sept. 22, the latter about March 19. Now Bradley says (Phil. Trans. No. 406. p. 640.) ' About the beginning of March (Old Stile) the star...north polar distance, will be nothing, either when . . Q + 3s 1° 42' = 6s, that is, either on June 20th, when O = 2s 28° 18' or, on Dec. 20th, when...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ...

1823 - 876 pages
...variation vas ; til! Abcrratioa. about the beginning of March 1726, the star was found ' to be 20" more southerly than at the time of the first observation...seemed to have arrived at its utmost limit southward, as in several trials, made about this time, no sensible difference was observed in its situation. By...
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Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, A Popular Display of the Wonders of ...

Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...from an annual parallax of the star; about the beginning of March, 1726, the star was found to be 20" more southerly than at the time of the first observation....seemed to have arrived at its utmost limit southward, because in several trials made about this time, no sensible difference was observed in its situation....
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volumes 1-2

Royal Astronomical Society - 1831 - 422 pages
...each observation how much it was ; and about the beginning of March 1726, the star was found to be 20" more southerly than at the time of the first observation....seemed to have arrived at its utmost limit southward ; for in several observations made about this time, no sensible difference could be detected in its...
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