Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1914 |
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Page 170
... position of the observer on the earth might have . The two following conclusions resulted from the preliminary examination : ( a ) Upon the hemisphere visible from the earth the mean area occupied by the spots increases as the distance ...
... position of the observer on the earth might have . The two following conclusions resulted from the preliminary examination : ( a ) Upon the hemisphere visible from the earth the mean area occupied by the spots increases as the distance ...
Page 176
... position in the spectra of the heavenly bodies that they do in the spectra of the laboratory , yet there are slight and very significant deviations of position which are attributable to the motion of the heavenly bodies to or from the ...
... position in the spectra of the heavenly bodies that they do in the spectra of the laboratory , yet there are slight and very significant deviations of position which are attributable to the motion of the heavenly bodies to or from the ...
Page 185
... position of the parallax star will in gen- eral be found to be changed with respect to the mean position of all the fainter stars in its neighborhood . After clearing the apparent motions for the known proper motions of the stars in ...
... position of the parallax star will in gen- eral be found to be changed with respect to the mean position of all the fainter stars in its neighborhood . After clearing the apparent motions for the known proper motions of the stars in ...
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