Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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Page 64
... direction of a line with some precision . In the table of observations , given in the Appendix , the date and apparent time are given in the first column . The time - piece was regulated daily by the one o'clock signal - gun . The ...
... direction of a line with some precision . In the table of observations , given in the Appendix , the date and apparent time are given in the first column . The time - piece was regulated daily by the one o'clock signal - gun . The ...
Page 67
... direction of the sun . Draw parallel lines a b , c d , & c .; now a cbd rad .: sec . sun's zenith distance , so that the thickness of each stratum varies as the secant ; and if the physical condition of the stratum did not alter between ...
... direction of the sun . Draw parallel lines a b , c d , & c .; now a cbd rad .: sec . sun's zenith distance , so that the thickness of each stratum varies as the secant ; and if the physical condition of the stratum did not alter between ...
Page 94
... direction of motion . The middle observation is represented as follows : - C - O . dλ cos B +0.19 δβ + 0'03 The subjoined Ephemeris may , perhaps , be useful for the reduction of observations : - - Greenwich M.T. Apparent R. A. Apparent ...
... direction of motion . The middle observation is represented as follows : - C - O . dλ cos B +0.19 δβ + 0'03 The subjoined Ephemeris may , perhaps , be useful for the reduction of observations : - - Greenwich M.T. Apparent R. A. Apparent ...
Page 121
... direction of the inventor and patentee , there is no danger of stopping them by reversing the current or applying it at the wrong time , as he has repeatedly tried the experiment with the small clock above named , and also with the ...
... direction of the inventor and patentee , there is no danger of stopping them by reversing the current or applying it at the wrong time , as he has repeatedly tried the experiment with the small clock above named , and also with the ...
Page 124
... direction con- structing a Heliograph , ordered by M. Otto Struve for the Russian Government : it is destined to be placed in the Ob- servatory of Wilna . Messrs . Simms are also making one of 123 , 124 Mr. De La Rue's measuring ...
... direction con- structing a Heliograph , ordered by M. Otto Struve for the Russian Government : it is destined to be placed in the Ob- servatory of Wilna . Messrs . Simms are also making one of 123 , 124 Mr. De La Rue's measuring ...
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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