Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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Page 103
... term not exceeding seven years , are , at the discretion of the Council , to be from time to time given in the form of a medal , or of money , or both , to the writer of any astronomical work or memoir , the inventor or improver of any ...
... term not exceeding seven years , are , at the discretion of the Council , to be from time to time given in the form of a medal , or of money , or both , to the writer of any astronomical work or memoir , the inventor or improver of any ...
Page 106
... terms of intimacy with him will never forget the excel- lencies of his private character . Our concern is with the manner in which he encouraged and promoted Astronomy . In 1848 , speaking on the award of our Astronomical testimonials ...
... terms of intimacy with him will never forget the excel- lencies of his private character . Our concern is with the manner in which he encouraged and promoted Astronomy . In 1848 , speaking on the award of our Astronomical testimonials ...
Page 115
... terms of the execution of this work , and states that its agreements with the larger triangulation show the two to be parts of one whole . The precis of the whole was pub- lished in 1829 , at the end of the Exposé des Travaux , & c ...
... terms of the execution of this work , and states that its agreements with the larger triangulation show the two to be parts of one whole . The precis of the whole was pub- lished in 1829 , at the end of the Exposé des Travaux , & c ...
Page 130
... terms ) : — Mr. De La Rue , -In compliance with a resolution of the Council , I have the pleasing duty of placing in your hands the highest tribute to merit which they have in their power to bestow . The instruments made or improved by ...
... terms ) : — Mr. De La Rue , -In compliance with a resolution of the Council , I have the pleasing duty of placing in your hands the highest tribute to merit which they have in their power to bestow . The instruments made or improved by ...
Page 169
... terms in the longitude and radius vector , I obtain in the longitude the secular term ( − 2 m2 + 3771 m2 ) S ( e2 – E'2 ) ndt , 64 - and in the quotient radius , or radius vector divided by the mean distance , the secular term ( 2 m2 ...
... terms in the longitude and radius vector , I obtain in the longitude the secular term ( − 2 m2 + 3771 m2 ) S ( e2 – E'2 ) ndt , 64 - and in the quotient radius , or radius vector divided by the mean distance , the secular term ( 2 m2 ...
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