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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... Planet , So The Parallax of the Sun , 82 , 311 André , Phenomena exhibited by the Transit of a Planet over the Sun's disc , 2 ' s Diffraction Experiments , ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES : - 2 Jan. , 20 , 21 July , 180 , 181 Feb. , 48 , 49 ...
... Planet , So The Parallax of the Sun , 82 , 311 André , Phenomena exhibited by the Transit of a Planet over the Sun's disc , 2 ' s Diffraction Experiments , ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES : - 2 Jan. , 20 , 21 July , 180 , 181 Feb. , 48 , 49 ...
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... planet moves by clock work , and the bright field which represents the sun is illuminated by a Drummond light . The conclusions he has arrived at are the following : a ligament or black drop is a necessary phenomenon under certain ...
... planet moves by clock work , and the bright field which represents the sun is illuminated by a Drummond light . The conclusions he has arrived at are the following : a ligament or black drop is a necessary phenomenon under certain ...
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... planet becomes more gibbous , then the concavity on the inside of the bright area becomes nearly straight . My first observation of Venus was in October , but a month later the planet would be more gibbous , and there was then a more ...
... planet becomes more gibbous , then the concavity on the inside of the bright area becomes nearly straight . My first observation of Venus was in October , but a month later the planet would be more gibbous , and there was then a more ...
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... planet - although not , it would seem , where he placed it : but in Mr. Brett's case his assumed observation was made when the planet was in quadrature ; when of course specular reflection could only take place from the limb itself ...
... planet - although not , it would seem , where he placed it : but in Mr. Brett's case his assumed observation was made when the planet was in quadrature ; when of course specular reflection could only take place from the limb itself ...
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... planet Venus in transit has not , as far as I know , been explained ; and I propose to show that the specular reflection hypothesis has an important bearing on this subject . If in addition to a burnished reflecting surface we suppose ...
... planet Venus in transit has not , as far as I know , been explained ; and I propose to show that the specular reflection hypothesis has an important bearing on this subject . If in addition to a burnished reflecting surface we suppose ...
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