Popular Astronomy, Volume 57Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1949 |
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... indicated the date , each horizontal line representing a Thursday evening . The dashes on the sunset and sunrise curves aid interpolation on intermediate days . The various curved lines indicate the rising , setting , and transit times ...
... indicated the date , each horizontal line representing a Thursday evening . The dashes on the sunset and sunrise curves aid interpolation on intermediate days . The various curved lines indicate the rising , setting , and transit times ...
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... indicated by its rising and setting curves on the Time Table . The best time during 1949 to see this sprightly and evasive member of the solar system is for a few days around May 10 as an evening star , and for a few days either side of ...
... indicated by its rising and setting curves on the Time Table . The best time during 1949 to see this sprightly and evasive member of the solar system is for a few days around May 10 as an evening star , and for a few days either side of ...
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... indicate what leaching of nickel has taken place , and thus might throw some light on the age of the fall . Nininger ( 1938 ) showed that nickel is lost from meteorites in the course of weathering . This is indicated also by the fact ...
... indicate what leaching of nickel has taken place , and thus might throw some light on the age of the fall . Nininger ( 1938 ) showed that nickel is lost from meteorites in the course of weathering . This is indicated also by the fact ...
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INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS | 48 |
Astrolabes Photographs of 159 160 | 159 |
e Orbit of 464 | 178 |
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