 States cannot be constructed without astronomical observations at numerous points scattered over the whole country, aided by data which great observatories have been accumulating for more than a century, and must continue to accumulate in the future....  The Astrophysical Journal - Page 2881897Full view - About this book
 | 1898 - 492 pages
...but that it had taken the name of the example into the cluster of great astronomers of the century. But neither the measurement of the Earth, the making...of that eminent mathematician who is said to have lhanked God that his science was one which could not be prostituted to any useful purpose, they still... | |
 | 1898 - 498 pages
...but that it had taken the name of the example into the cluster of great astronomers of the century. But neither the measurement of the Earth, the making...maps, nor the aid of the navigator is the main object winch the astronomers of to-day have in Tiew. If they do not quite share the sentiment of that eminent... | |
 | Robert Marion La Follette - 1906 - 532 pages
...£ in o u co 0 iog 1 3 | | d 32H 1 9 |3.g| 1 IIII 1 1 I^ii 1 5 |3i| 1 ll5El-lJ5SQ.Q.-IO> -I 0< HU) But neither the measurement of the earth, the making...well that to keep utilitarian objects in view would only prove a handicap on their efforts. Consequently they never ask in what way their science is going... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1898 - 942 pages
...the help it would afford to the navigation of the ocean. An accurate map of the United States can not be constructed without astronomical observations at...navigator is the main object which the astronomers of to day have in view. If they do not quite share the sentiment of that eminent mathematician, who is... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1898 - 940 pages
...the making of maps, nor the aid of the navigator is the main object which the astronomers of to day have in view. If they do not quite share the sentiment...well that to keep utilitarian objects in view would only prove a handicap on their efforts. Consequently they never ask in what way their science is going... | |
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