On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 56
... seen from the planet , that is , to twice the parallax of the planet . According to Bessel , the mean apparent diameter of the sun is 1923 " -64 , and with the solar parallax 8 " -5776 , it will be found that the diameter of the sun is ...
... seen from the planet , that is , to twice the parallax of the planet . According to Bessel , the mean apparent diameter of the sun is 1923 " -64 , and with the solar parallax 8 " -5776 , it will be found that the diameter of the sun is ...
Page 61
... seen , and the planet itself was discovered in thẻ very point of the heavens which had been assigned to it . It had been noticed for years that the perturbation of Uranus had increased in an unaccountable manner ( N. 139 ) . After the ...
... seen , and the planet itself was discovered in thẻ very point of the heavens which had been assigned to it . It had been noticed for years that the perturbation of Uranus had increased in an unaccountable manner ( N. 139 ) . After the ...
Page 63
... seen with a telescope of moderate power . His motion is retrograde at pre- sent , and six times slower than that of the earth . At so great a distance from the sun it can only have the 13th part of the light and heat the earth receives ...
... seen with a telescope of moderate power . His motion is retrograde at pre- sent , and six times slower than that of the earth . At so great a distance from the sun it can only have the 13th part of the light and heat the earth receives ...
Page 124
... seen why the N.E. trade - winds are narrower than the S.E. trades . In the extra - tropical winds in the North Atlantic , which blow from the 40th parallel to the pole , the north - westerly are to the easterly as 2 to 1 : hence there ...
... seen why the N.E. trade - winds are narrower than the S.E. trades . In the extra - tropical winds in the North Atlantic , which blow from the 40th parallel to the pole , the north - westerly are to the easterly as 2 to 1 : hence there ...
Page 153
... seen in its true position . All the celestial bodies appear to be more elevated than they really are ; because the rays of light , instead of moving through the atmosphere in straight lines , are continually inflected towards the earth ...
... seen in its true position . All the celestial bodies appear to be more elevated than they really are ; because the rays of light , instead of moving through the atmosphere in straight lines , are continually inflected towards the earth ...
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