On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... observed by a traveller , when compared with the time of the eclipse computed for Greenwich , or any other fixed meridian ( N. 95 ) , gives the difference of the meri- dians in time , and , consequently , the longitude of the place of ...
... observed by a traveller , when compared with the time of the eclipse computed for Greenwich , or any other fixed meridian ( N. 95 ) , gives the difference of the meri- dians in time , and , consequently , the longitude of the place of ...
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... observed the moon solely with a view to the prediction of eclipses , which can only happen in conjunction and ... observation , about A.D. 140. The Variation produced by the tangential disturbing force , which is at its maximum when the ...
... observed the moon solely with a view to the prediction of eclipses , which can only happen in conjunction and ... observation , about A.D. 140. The Variation produced by the tangential disturbing force , which is at its maximum when the ...
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... observed at Babylon , on the 19th of March , seven hundred and twenty - one years before the Christian era , the ... observations , shows that the moon per- forms her revolution round the earth more rapidly and in a shorter time now than ...
... observed at Babylon , on the 19th of March , seven hundred and twenty - one years before the Christian era , the ... observations , shows that the moon per- forms her revolution round the earth more rapidly and in a shorter time now than ...
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... observed by the Arabs , Greeks , and Chaldeans , imperfect as they are , with modern observations , confirms these results of analysis . Future ages will develop these great inequalities , which at some most distant period will amount ...
... observed by the Arabs , Greeks , and Chaldeans , imperfect as they are , with modern observations , confirms these results of analysis . Future ages will develop these great inequalities , which at some most distant period will amount ...
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... observed distance of the moon from the sun , or from a particular star or planet , at any instant . The lunar theory is brought to such perfection , that the times of these phenomena , observed under any meridian , when compared with ...
... observed distance of the moon from the sun , or from a particular star or planet , at any instant . The lunar theory is brought to such perfection , that the times of these phenomena , observed under any meridian , when compared with ...
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