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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... received since the last meeting , and the thanks of the Society were voted to the respective donors . Capt . James Waterhouse , Assistant Surveyor - General of India , was duly elected a Fellow of the Society . Mr. Dunkin read a paper ...
... received since the last meeting , and the thanks of the Society were voted to the respective donors . Capt . James Waterhouse , Assistant Surveyor - General of India , was duly elected a Fellow of the Society . Mr. Dunkin read a paper ...
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... received.- " Measurement of the Sun's Distance . " Harris . London : N. TrĂĽbner & Co. 1876 . " " By John ASTRONOMICAL REGISTER - Subscriptions received by the Editor . To Aug. , 1876 . Dawson , A. To Dec. , 1876 . Bridson , J. Common ...
... received.- " Measurement of the Sun's Distance . " Harris . London : N. TrĂĽbner & Co. 1876 . " " By John ASTRONOMICAL REGISTER - Subscriptions received by the Editor . To Aug. , 1876 . Dawson , A. To Dec. , 1876 . Bridson , J. Common ...
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... received since the last meeting of the Society . Amongst these was a model of the lunar crater Copernicus , which has been presented to the Society by the brother of the late Mr. Bird , of Birmingham . The model is about three feet in ...
... received since the last meeting of the Society . Amongst these was a model of the lunar crater Copernicus , which has been presented to the Society by the brother of the late Mr. Bird , of Birmingham . The model is about three feet in ...
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... received from Venus by specular reflection than is received directly from the sun , notwith- standing the absorption that takes place in the atmosphere of the planet . This seems to me to account for the fact , if it is a fact , that ...
... received from Venus by specular reflection than is received directly from the sun , notwith- standing the absorption that takes place in the atmosphere of the planet . This seems to me to account for the fact , if it is a fact , that ...
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... received from Europe and America are numerous and urgent . 70 nebulæ and clusters have been examined ; several of ... receiving much attention . Time is distributed to the Colony from the observatory ; 49 chronometers have been rated ...
... received from Europe and America are numerous and urgent . 70 nebulæ and clusters have been examined ; several of ... receiving much attention . Time is distributed to the Colony from the observatory ; 49 chronometers have been rated ...
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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