Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1884 |
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Page 281
... determined over mercury . The equator - point has been determined from the zero stars of the Astron . Gesell . The latitude is not definitively determined , but is taken at 53 ° 23 ' 13.0 . There is a difference in the horizontal ...
... determined over mercury . The equator - point has been determined from the zero stars of the Astron . Gesell . The latitude is not definitively determined , but is taken at 53 ° 23 ' 13.0 . There is a difference in the horizontal ...
Page 311
... determined photo- metrically , and several new ones have been discovered . Fifty points on the moon have also been determined . Bond's zones of faint stars near the equator are shortly to be revised . Meridian circle : The zone ( 50 ...
... determined photo- metrically , and several new ones have been discovered . Fifty points on the moon have also been determined . Bond's zones of faint stars near the equator are shortly to be revised . Meridian circle : The zone ( 50 ...
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... determined . • We quote below the errors of the sextant Delta t's so determined . ( Usually 10 altitudes of an east star and 10 of a west were employed . ) 4.0 ; 1.0 ; 1.5 ; 13.7 ; 8.2 ; 24.1 ; 1.7 ; 0.4 ; 1.8 ; 0.7 ; 3.3 ; 2 ° .8 ; 5o ...
... determined . • We quote below the errors of the sextant Delta t's so determined . ( Usually 10 altitudes of an east star and 10 of a west were employed . ) 4.0 ; 1.0 ; 1.5 ; 13.7 ; 8.2 ; 24.1 ; 1.7 ; 0.4 ; 1.8 ; 0.7 ; 3.3 ; 2 ° .8 ; 5o ...
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NATIONAL MUSEUM | 44 |
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