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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... matter under the observation of the observers at the Cape , Melbourne , and elsewhere . Mr. Marth said that a Centauri may possibly have been observed at Melbourne , but it is not very likely , and if the present oppor- tunity is ...
... matter under the observation of the observers at the Cape , Melbourne , and elsewhere . Mr. Marth said that a Centauri may possibly have been observed at Melbourne , but it is not very likely , and if the present oppor- tunity is ...
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... matter which agrees more with the objects and intentions of this work . The reader will , however , find inserted in ... matters , an editor need not feel himself responsible for the treatment of every subject in another man's work ; nor ...
... matter which agrees more with the objects and intentions of this work . The reader will , however , find inserted in ... matters , an editor need not feel himself responsible for the treatment of every subject in another man's work ; nor ...
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... matter in the paper , because it will all be printed . The President : I need not ask you to return your thanks to Mr. Marth for this and similar papers , which occupy little space when printed , but which require considerable time to ...
... matter in the paper , because it will all be printed . The President : I need not ask you to return your thanks to Mr. Marth for this and similar papers , which occupy little space when printed , but which require considerable time to ...
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... matter a little more closely , I clearly saw that it would be so , from the ordinary laws of optics . I will attempt to give a slight explanation because there seems to be a mystifi- cation about this . Disregarding the hypothesis about ...
... matter a little more closely , I clearly saw that it would be so , from the ordinary laws of optics . I will attempt to give a slight explanation because there seems to be a mystifi- cation about this . Disregarding the hypothesis about ...
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... matter . There would be a bright spot on either hypo- thesis , but the bright spot from ordinary diffused reflection would be close to the limb , hardly distinguishable from the limb . When the planet is at quadrature with specular ...
... matter . There would be a bright spot on either hypo- thesis , but the bright spot from ordinary diffused reflection would be close to the limb , hardly distinguishable from the limb . When the planet is at quadrature with specular ...
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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