Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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Page 61
... Prof. Schonfeld , who has continued to forward the work since his removal to Mannheim ; so that now the manuscript is complete . The preceding account relates to north declination to 81 ° . It was considered impossible to continue the ...
... Prof. Schonfeld , who has continued to forward the work since his removal to Mannheim ; so that now the manuscript is complete . The preceding account relates to north declination to 81 ° . It was considered impossible to continue the ...
Page 100
... Prof. Wheatstone . 8. 45 - inch transit instrument , with iron stand , and also Y's Ditto ditto No. 10 , to Rev. C. Pritchard . for fixing to stone piers ; two axis levels . 9. Repeating theodolite , by Ertel , with folding tripod stand ...
... Prof. Wheatstone . 8. 45 - inch transit instrument , with iron stand , and also Y's Ditto ditto No. 10 , to Rev. C. Pritchard . for fixing to stone piers ; two axis levels . 9. Repeating theodolite , by Ertel , with folding tripod stand ...
Page 103
... Prof. Challis , the Astronomer Royal , and Mr. De La Rue . The paper is drawn up by Mr. Carrington . It is illustrated by eight plates . Pursuant to the Report of a Committee on Income and Ex- penditure , it has been arranged that the ...
... Prof. Challis , the Astronomer Royal , and Mr. De La Rue . The paper is drawn up by Mr. Carrington . It is illustrated by eight plates . Pursuant to the Report of a Committee on Income and Ex- penditure , it has been arranged that the ...
Page 124
... Prof. Smyth to Teneriffe , and of Mr. Lassell to Malta . A proposal made about ten years ago , to erect a reflector of the largest dimensions in Australia , proved abortive from the difficulty of finding the corresponding Observer . A ...
... Prof. Smyth to Teneriffe , and of Mr. Lassell to Malta . A proposal made about ten years ago , to erect a reflector of the largest dimensions in Australia , proved abortive from the difficulty of finding the corresponding Observer . A ...
Page 127
... Prof. Wolf's latest Results on Solar Spots . Mr. Baxendell . n Results of Observations of Minor Planets . Mr. Airy . On the Binary Star Cassiopeia . Mr. Powell . On a Method of Determining Longitude without a Clock . M. Radau . Extract ...
... Prof. Wolf's latest Results on Solar Spots . Mr. Baxendell . n Results of Observations of Minor Planets . Mr. Airy . On the Binary Star Cassiopeia . Mr. Powell . On a Method of Determining Longitude without a Clock . M. Radau . Extract ...
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2r+g Airy Alhazen Annex appears April Astronomer Royal bright Calculation CAYLEY clock Comet computed corrected crater Decl declination diameter difference distance Ditto ditto edge Ephemeris equations Equatoreal error excentricity eye-piece Greenwich inches aperture instrument July June Jupiter Jupiter's Satellites latitude light limb longitude Lunar m² e m² n² Mars Mean Solar measures Memoir meridian Minor Planets Monthly Notices Moon Moon's Mean Motion N.P.D. from Observation Nautical Almanac nearly Nebula nucleus Number of Observations obtained Occultation orbit parallax perihelion photographs Prof R.A. from Observation Radcliffe Catalogue radiation Right Ascension ring Royal Observatory Saturn Secular Acceleration shadow Sirius Small Planets Society Solar Eclipse soleil stars Struve Sun's disk surface T. W. Webb taches telescope term thermometer tion Transit of Mercury Ursa Variable Variable Stars W. R. Dawes Weisse