Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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Page 37
... Letter from Father Secchi to the Astronomer Royal , dated Rome , Nov. 16 , 1861. ) The passage of Mercury on the solar disk has been observed here under very good circumstances , but almost by a miracle , because the sky was all ...
... Letter from Father Secchi to the Astronomer Royal , dated Rome , Nov. 16 , 1861. ) The passage of Mercury on the solar disk has been observed here under very good circumstances , but almost by a miracle , because the sky was all ...
Page 61
... letter from Mr. Basil Henry Cooper , " On the Egyptian Phoenix Period of 540 years , spoken of in a passage of Pliny . " The letter partly relates to an eclipse of the Moon , recorded in a hieroglyphical inscription at Karnak , which ...
... letter from Mr. Basil Henry Cooper , " On the Egyptian Phoenix Period of 540 years , spoken of in a passage of Pliny . " The letter partly relates to an eclipse of the Moon , recorded in a hieroglyphical inscription at Karnak , which ...
Page 88
... letter dated Observatory , Sydney , Novem- ber 22d , 1861 , writes : - " The transit of Mercury which occurred on the 12th in- stant was only partially observed , on account of the cloudy state of the sky . The time of internal contact ...
... letter dated Observatory , Sydney , Novem- ber 22d , 1861 , writes : - " The transit of Mercury which occurred on the 12th in- stant was only partially observed , on account of the cloudy state of the sky . The time of internal contact ...
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... letters , & c . Porter's and charwoman's work 415 15 O 42 O O I IO O £ 8 . 283 19 d . 2 3 7 6 12 5 6 57 15 O 532 13 O ... 4 15 8 39 15 4 24 13 6 ............... Tea , sugar , biscuits , & c . for evening meetings 13 13 O Waiters ...
... letters , & c . Porter's and charwoman's work 415 15 O 42 O O I IO O £ 8 . 283 19 d . 2 3 7 6 12 5 6 57 15 O 532 13 O ... 4 15 8 39 15 4 24 13 6 ............... Tea , sugar , biscuits , & c . for evening meetings 13 13 O Waiters ...
Page 115
... letters . In the ordinary operations of the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , very few changes have been introduced during the year 1861. The observations are of precisely the same character as before , and the reductions have been made ...
... letters . In the ordinary operations of the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , very few changes have been introduced during the year 1861. The observations are of precisely the same character as before , and the reductions have been made ...
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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