Popular Astronomy, Volume 53Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1945 |
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... century common years . With these restrictions , the 35 - year interval is , naturally , comparatively rare among Sunday intervals . So we can hardly expect it to be the most common Easter interval . In fact , it comes tenth in the ...
... century common years . With these restrictions , the 35 - year interval is , naturally , comparatively rare among Sunday intervals . So we can hardly expect it to be the most common Easter interval . In fact , it comes tenth in the ...
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... century common years , at three century points out of every four . For our Easter calculations we shall need to know also at what century points the turnings of the circle of golden numbers will occur . We can see the sense in the ...
... century common years , at three century points out of every four . For our Easter calculations we shall need to know also at what century points the turnings of the circle of golden numbers will occur . We can see the sense in the ...
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century numbers according to their patterns of behavior . We start , naturally , by separating the century numbers into four classes according to their respective places in the leap - year cycle . This will take care of the century ...
century numbers according to their patterns of behavior . We start , naturally , by separating the century numbers into four classes according to their respective places in the leap - year cycle . This will take care of the century ...
Contents
THE VARIATION IN THE CALENDAR TIME OF THE EQUINOX | 103 |
PERSONAL EQUATION IN ASTRONOMY RAYNOR L DUNCOMBE | 110 |
THE AMPLEMENT AND THE COAMPLEMENT OF AN ANGLE | 121 |
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absorption aerolite angle angular appear April Astronomical Society B.Taur bisection error bright calendar century Cepheids clock clouds color comet computed constellation coördinate corona craters cycle Cygni dark nebulae diameter distance earth Easter intervals eclipse emission epact Ephemeris equinox Figure fireball full moon galactic given golden number Greenwich Jupiter km/sec latitude light curves lines lunar magnitude March Mars maximum mean Mercury meridian meteor meteorite method micrometer miles minimum motion nebulae noted nova object observations Observatory OCCULTATIONS VISIBLE orbit parsecs path perihelion period personal equation personal error photographic planets position precessional action region reports right ascension rotation satellite Saturn solar spectra spectral type spectrum SS Cygni stellar sun-spot surface Table Tauri stars telescope temperature tion transit circle U.S. Naval Observatory University Uranus Variable Star variation velocity Venus VISIBLE IN LONGITUDE zenith