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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... probably total error of 24 sec . on the observed duration of the transit . 6. In order to secure the solar parallax to within th of a sec . it is sufficient that the error in the duration of time should not exceed five secs . of time ...
... probably total error of 24 sec . on the observed duration of the transit . 6. In order to secure the solar parallax to within th of a sec . it is sufficient that the error in the duration of time should not exceed five secs . of time ...
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... Probably there is no other work in our language ( nor , perhaps , in any other ) which in this respect embodies such copious and accurate information ; and for this , the result of much teasing and wearisome calculation , the best ...
... Probably there is no other work in our language ( nor , perhaps , in any other ) which in this respect embodies such copious and accurate information ; and for this , the result of much teasing and wearisome calculation , the best ...
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... probably be hung in the meeting room , opposite to the model of Copernicus already in the possession of the Society . The President drew attention to an early telescope which had been presented to the Society by Mr. Bailey . There is no ...
... probably be hung in the meeting room , opposite to the model of Copernicus already in the possession of the Society . The President drew attention to an early telescope which had been presented to the Society by Mr. Bailey . There is no ...
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... probably known to all the Fellows of the Society that , as none of the nominees for the medal have received the necessary majority of the votes of the Council which is required by the bye - law , no medal will be awarded this year ...
... probably known to all the Fellows of the Society that , as none of the nominees for the medal have received the necessary majority of the votes of the Council which is required by the bye - law , no medal will be awarded this year ...
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... probably meant . On page 343 mention is made of the historian Sazoncenas , a por- tentous name we had never met with . On reflection we perceived the word must be Sozomenus ( Sozomen ) , the well - known historian . Mr. Blake has done ...
... probably meant . On page 343 mention is made of the historian Sazoncenas , a por- tentous name we had never met with . On reflection we perceived the word must be Sozomenus ( Sozomen ) , the well - known historian . Mr. Blake has done ...
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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