Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPriestly and Weale, 1861 |
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Page 43
... transit of Leonis the same morning , and by Fomalhaut and Markab the previous evening . First break ( pretty good ) ... Last contact ( middling ) ... Grantham , December 5 , 1851 . h m S 12 42 38.03Apparent Local Sid . Time . 12 44 44 ...
... transit of Leonis the same morning , and by Fomalhaut and Markab the previous evening . First break ( pretty good ) ... Last contact ( middling ) ... Grantham , December 5 , 1851 . h m S 12 42 38.03Apparent Local Sid . Time . 12 44 44 ...
Page 55
... transit - wire and with a declination wire moveable by the screw , was used till the faintness of the comet made it necessary to observe in a dark field over thicker wires , when a negative eye - piece with metallic cross was ...
... transit - wire and with a declination wire moveable by the screw , was used till the faintness of the comet made it necessary to observe in a dark field over thicker wires , when a negative eye - piece with metallic cross was ...
Page 58
... transit in the Bonn zones . In order to see by inspection that each star was twice observed , a special cata- logue was transcribed , in which the positions were arranged in zones of one hour each , and one degree broad . When the two ...
... transit in the Bonn zones . In order to see by inspection that each star was twice observed , a special cata- logue was transcribed , in which the positions were arranged in zones of one hour each , and one degree broad . When the two ...
Page 79
... transit - clock at the instant of transit of the Sun's western limb , and that at the transit of the Sun's eastern limb ; the difference between these gives the observed duration of passage of the Sun's horizontal diameter across the ...
... transit - clock at the instant of transit of the Sun's western limb , and that at the transit of the Sun's eastern limb ; the difference between these gives the observed duration of passage of the Sun's horizontal diameter across the ...
Page 82
... transit - circle was used for both measures , but the Nautical Almanac assumed diameter was 32 ′ 3 ′′ 64 . 83 , 84 ... Transit and Mural Circle ... ) Transit Circle { 1851 and 1852 } { 190 } { 32 3 ° 20 } { 218 } { 22 2 · 85 } { 1853 to ...
... transit - circle was used for both measures , but the Nautical Almanac assumed diameter was 32 ′ 3 ′′ 64 . 83 , 84 ... Transit and Mural Circle ... ) Transit Circle { 1851 and 1852 } { 190 } { 32 3 ° 20 } { 218 } { 22 2 · 85 } { 1853 to ...
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