Popular Astronomy, Volume 53Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1945 |
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Page 189
... natural formation of the Earth and sea , it is not difficult to understand what is meant by " movables " within the spirit of the rule cited . To take from the Earth what nature has placed there in its formation , whether at the ...
... natural formation of the Earth and sea , it is not difficult to understand what is meant by " movables " within the spirit of the rule cited . To take from the Earth what nature has placed there in its formation , whether at the ...
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... nature why in such circumstance they should all appar- ently be round any more than they should all lie at the intersections of the canals . But there is good reason for both facts if the spots be cases of assisted nature . If they be ...
... nature why in such circumstance they should all appar- ently be round any more than they should all lie at the intersections of the canals . But there is good reason for both facts if the spots be cases of assisted nature . If they be ...
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... nature " -that is to say , a constant demanded not merely by the actual constitution of the universe , but by the fundamental nature of things , and therefore significant no matter how the universe might happen to be constructed ...
... nature " -that is to say , a constant demanded not merely by the actual constitution of the universe , but by the fundamental nature of things , and therefore significant no matter how the universe might happen to be constructed ...
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