Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 9Astronomical Society of the Pacific., 1897 |
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... telescope to be used in a search for intra - mercurial planets . A thorough test of the capabilities of such a telescope Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 31 The WASHBURN Observatory, by GEORGE C COMSTOCK, Director.
... telescope to be used in a search for intra - mercurial planets . A thorough test of the capabilities of such a telescope Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 31 The WASHBURN Observatory, by GEORGE C COMSTOCK, Director.
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... telescope of 395mm ( sixteen inches ) aperture , and the REPSOLD meridian - circle of 122 mm ( five inches ) aperture . The latter instrument is substantially similar in construction and appearance to the one illustrated at page 86 ...
... telescope of 395mm ( sixteen inches ) aperture , and the REPSOLD meridian - circle of 122 mm ( five inches ) aperture . The latter instrument is substantially similar in construction and appearance to the one illustrated at page 86 ...
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... telescope was reduced to eight inches , and the exposure was made by means of a quick - shutter presented to the Lick Observatory by Dr. A. BLAIR THAW , of Santa Barbara . Dr. THAW bears the expense of making the plate for this number ...
... telescope was reduced to eight inches , and the exposure was made by means of a quick - shutter presented to the Lick Observatory by Dr. A. BLAIR THAW , of Santa Barbara . Dr. THAW bears the expense of making the plate for this number ...
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... TELescopes . From an article in the Strand Magazine for October , 1896 ( an interview with Sir HOWARD GRUBB , F. R. S. ) , it appears that the original cost of Lord Rosse's six - foot reflector was about £ 12,000 , of the four - foot ...
... TELescopes . From an article in the Strand Magazine for October , 1896 ( an interview with Sir HOWARD GRUBB , F. R. S. ) , it appears that the original cost of Lord Rosse's six - foot reflector was about £ 12,000 , of the four - foot ...
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... telescopes . So great , indeed , has become the generosity of those who are not astronomers , that it would almost seem that astronomers have only to ask for instruments and observatories to find appreciative persons ready to supply ...
... telescopes . So great , indeed , has become the generosity of those who are not astronomers , that it would almost seem that astronomers have only to ask for instruments and observatories to find appreciative persons ready to supply ...
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