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The average distance of the moon from the centre of the earth is only 238,793 miles , so that her motion among the stars is perceptible in a few hours . She completes a circuit of the heavens in 27d 7h 43m 11o.5 , moving in an orbit ...
The average distance of the moon from the centre of the earth is only 238,793 miles , so that her motion among the stars is perceptible in a few hours . She completes a circuit of the heavens in 27d 7h 43m 11o.5 , moving in an orbit ...
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His equatorial diameter exceeds his polar diameter by about 6000 miles . The phases ( N. 109 ) of the moon , which vary from a slender silvery crescent soon after conjunction , to a complete circular disc of light in opposition ...
His equatorial diameter exceeds his polar diameter by about 6000 miles . The phases ( N. 109 ) of the moon , which vary from a slender silvery crescent soon after conjunction , to a complete circular disc of light in opposition ...
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... that the times of these phenomena , observed under any meridian , when compared with those computed for that of Greenwich , and given in the Nautical Almanac , furnish the longitude of the observer within a few miles ( N. 95. ) ...
... that the times of these phenomena , observed under any meridian , when compared with those computed for that of Greenwich , and given in the Nautical Almanac , furnish the longitude of the observer within a few miles ( N. 95. ) ...
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... that the times of these phenomena , observed under any meridian , when compared with those computed for that of Greenwich , and given in the Nautical Almanac , furnish the longitude of the observer within a few miles ( N. 95. ) ...
... that the times of these phenomena , observed under any meridian , when compared with those computed for that of Greenwich , and given in the Nautical Almanac , furnish the longitude of the observer within a few miles ( N. 95. ) ...
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... and in the General Survey of Great Britain , five bases were measured from 5 to 7 miles long , and some of them 400 miles apart , yet , when connected by series of triangles , the measured and computed lengths did not differ by more ...
... and in the General Survey of Great Britain , five bases were measured from 5 to 7 miles long , and some of them 400 miles apart , yet , when connected by series of triangles , the measured and computed lengths did not differ by more ...
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