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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... means of this surface he had calculated the theoretical diffraction at various parts of the field of view , when a uniform bright surface was observed with a telescope of given aperture , and he had been making experiments to determine ...
... means of this surface he had calculated the theoretical diffraction at various parts of the field of view , when a uniform bright surface was observed with a telescope of given aperture , and he had been making experiments to determine ...
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... means of abscissæ and ordinates of m observed points . By this means , using the conditions given above , we get the co - ordinates of the centre and the radius in terms of known quantities . If then the above circle represents the ...
... means of abscissæ and ordinates of m observed points . By this means , using the conditions given above , we get the co - ordinates of the centre and the radius in terms of known quantities . If then the above circle represents the ...
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... Mean Noon , 18h . 48m . 54 ° 28s . Occultation of a Leonis 10 170 ( 14 ) 14 52 Reappearance of ditto 13 12 Occultation of c Leonis Wed 3 ( 5 ) 10 13'1 13 42 Reappearance of ditto Sun's Meridian Passage Thur 4 5m . 23.228 . after Mean ...
... Mean Noon , 18h . 48m . 54 ° 28s . Occultation of a Leonis 10 170 ( 14 ) 14 52 Reappearance of ditto 13 12 Occultation of c Leonis Wed 3 ( 5 ) 10 13'1 13 42 Reappearance of ditto Sun's Meridian Passage Thur 4 5m . 23.228 . after Mean ...
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... accounted for ? Mr. Christie : I am sorry to find there is some misconception of what specular reflection means , and what its laws are . Such strange statements have been made on the subject that I Society , January 12 , 1877 . 31.
... accounted for ? Mr. Christie : I am sorry to find there is some misconception of what specular reflection means , and what its laws are . Such strange statements have been made on the subject that I Society , January 12 , 1877 . 31.
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... means an inappropriate introduction to its contents ; for it would be often symbolic at once of the wasted time and money of the writers , and of the disappointed expectations of their readers . In the present case we may console ...
... means an inappropriate introduction to its contents ; for it would be often symbolic at once of the wasted time and money of the writers , and of the disappointed expectations of their readers . In the present case we may console ...
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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