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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... given in such star catalogues than is given in the present paper . What is wanted is a list with complete information with regard to each star in it . Mr. Christie was called upon to read a paper on The gradation of light upon the disc ...
... given in such star catalogues than is given in the present paper . What is wanted is a list with complete information with regard to each star in it . Mr. Christie was called upon to read a paper on The gradation of light upon the disc ...
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... given , as the illustration of the Cavendish experiment , of Foucault's pendulum experiment , and the gyroscope . The execution of some of the plates is rather coarse , and not equal to those in the old work . Compare for instance ...
... given , as the illustration of the Cavendish experiment , of Foucault's pendulum experiment , and the gyroscope . The execution of some of the plates is rather coarse , and not equal to those in the old work . Compare for instance ...
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... given in November being suitable for a base line in laying down a plan of Fracastorius , and that given in December indicating a line of eruption from the crater Rosse on the Mare Nectaris to the south - east angle ( ? ) of Fracastorius ...
... given in November being suitable for a base line in laying down a plan of Fracastorius , and that given in December indicating a line of eruption from the crater Rosse on the Mare Nectaris to the south - east angle ( ? ) of Fracastorius ...
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... given by the spectroscope is also found to be imperfect beyond a certain point , and " it is far from unlikely if , indeed , it is not to be regarded as certain— that the visible edge of the solar disc lies considerably above the true ...
... given by the spectroscope is also found to be imperfect beyond a certain point , and " it is far from unlikely if , indeed , it is not to be regarded as certain— that the visible edge of the solar disc lies considerably above the true ...
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... given in my note ( see Register , Jan. p . 18 ) , and observed that several of the showers there mentioned were still going on . The position of two of these , as I gave them , require revision , for the additional paths recorded in ...
... given in my note ( see Register , Jan. p . 18 ) , and observed that several of the showers there mentioned were still going on . The position of two of these , as I gave them , require revision , for the additional paths recorded in ...
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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