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" Then it was found that seventy-five years were added, at a single step, to the period during which the history of the moon's motion could be written. Previously this history was supposed to commence with the observations of Bradley, at Greenwich, about... "
The Observatory - Page 317
1909
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The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

Simon Newcomb - 1903 - 454 pages
...greatest find I ever made. Three or four years were spent in making all the calculations I have described. Then it was found that seventy-five years were added,...less degree of accuracy thirty years farther still. Hansen's tables were found to deviate from the truth, in 1675 and subsequent years, to a surprising...
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The Science-history of the Universe, Volume 1

Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909 - 376 pages
...greatest find I ever made. Three or four years were spent in making all the calculations I have described. Then it was found that seventy-five years were added,...now it was extended back to 1675, and with a less decree of accuracy thirty years farther still. Hansen's tables were found to deviate from the truth...
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The Observatory, Volume 33

1910 - 528 pages
...occupations of stars by the Moon, and his success in finding them. " It was found that seventy-five yenrs were added, at a single step, to the period during...less degree of accuracy thirty years farther still." " The existence of these records is made the more remarkable because it is plain enough from an examination...
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The Observatory, Volume 33

1910 - 526 pages
...occultations of stars by the Moon, and his success in finding them. " It was found that seventy-five yenrs were added, at a single step, to the period during which the history of the Moon's motion could be wrifteu. Previously this history was supposed to commence with the observations of Bradley, at Greenwich,...
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Biographical Memoirs, Volume 17

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) - 1924 - 240 pages
...the greatest find I ever made. Three or four years were spent in making all the calculations * * *. Seventy-five years were added, at a single step, to...extended back to 1675, and with a less degree of accuracy 30 years further still. Hansen's tables were found to deviate from the truth, in 1675 and subsequent...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 82

1898 - 984 pages
...greatest find I ever made. Three or four years were spent in making all the calculations I have described. Then it was found that seventy-five years were added,...less degree of accuracy thirty years farther still. Hansen's tables were found to deviate from the truth, in 1675 and subsequent years, to a surprising...
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Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 17

1924 - 232 pages
...the greatest find I ever made. Three or four years were spent hi making all the calculations * * *. Seventy-five years were added, at a single step, to...extended back to 1675, and with a less degree of accuracy 30 years further still. Hansen's tables were found to deviate from the truth, in 1675 and subsequent...
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