Astronomical Register: A Medium of Communication for Amateur Observers and All Others Interested in the Science of Astronomy, Volumes 15-16J. D. Potter., 1878 - Astronomy |
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... Greenwich places are right . In writing to Mr. Dunkin he had mentioned the fact , and he thought it right to mention it in the Monthly Notices . VOL . XV . Mr. Dunkin said he had another paper which might be The Astronomical Begister. ...
... Greenwich places are right . In writing to Mr. Dunkin he had mentioned the fact , and he thought it right to mention it in the Monthly Notices . VOL . XV . Mr. Dunkin said he had another paper which might be The Astronomical Begister. ...
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... fact that the image of a brilliant point , as seen in a telescope , consists of a central disc surrounded by a succession of rings which diminish rapidly in intensity . If the intensity of any point of the image is represented by an ...
... fact that the image of a brilliant point , as seen in a telescope , consists of a central disc surrounded by a succession of rings which diminish rapidly in intensity . If the intensity of any point of the image is represented by an ...
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... fact , however , a slightly smaller type and closer printing considerably qualify this estimate . Still , there is much of Lardner's work that does not appear in this edition . The following six chapters- xix . to xxiv . have been left ...
... fact , however , a slightly smaller type and closer printing considerably qualify this estimate . Still , there is much of Lardner's work that does not appear in this edition . The following six chapters- xix . to xxiv . have been left ...
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... fact that Mr. Christie's conclusions themselves are questioned by such competent authorities as Messrs . Ranyard and Neison . I would just point out that his observation of a spot of light was made at a time when Venus was ...
... fact that Mr. Christie's conclusions themselves are questioned by such competent authorities as Messrs . Ranyard and Neison . I would just point out that his observation of a spot of light was made at a time when Venus was ...
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... fact always be a circle . Capt . Noble : If I understand this theory of specular reflec- tion , and I really hardly can believe I do , Mr. Brett contends that the planet Venus is like a polished globe of quicksilver , sur- rounded by a ...
... fact always be a circle . Capt . Noble : If I understand this theory of specular reflec- tion , and I really hardly can believe I do , Mr. Brett contends that the planet Venus is like a polished globe of quicksilver , sur- rounded by a ...
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1st Oc 1st Sh 1st Tr 2nd Oc 2nd Sh 2nd Tr angle aperture appear Ascension Astronomer-Royal Astronomical Register atmosphere bright lines Bye-laws catalogue centre Christie clouds comet Conjunction of Moon corona corresponding Council crater dark diameter Dione disc distance double stars Dunkin eclipse Editor Encel equatorial error Greenwich heliometer Hyginus inches inner satellite instrument Jupiter Jupiter's Satellites light limb longitude Lord Lindsay lunar Mars Mean Noon measures meeting Mercury meteors miles Mimas minor planet moon's motion Neison object observations Occultation orbit paper parallax photographs planet position present prism Proctor Prof Professor proper motions Ranyard Reappearance of ditto remarks Rhea right ascension ring Royal Astronomical Society Royal Observatory Saturn Schröter seen Sidereal slit spectroscope specular reflection spot surface telescope Tethys theory Thur tion transit of Mercury transit of Venus Tues visible