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... nature , to prefer the tabulated values . Several of the wood - cuts , which were originally drawn correctly , have been inverted right hand fo : left by the engraver . So far as explanation goes xvi PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION . this ...
... nature , to prefer the tabulated values . Several of the wood - cuts , which were originally drawn correctly , have been inverted right hand fo : left by the engraver . So far as explanation goes xvi PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION . this ...
Page xxiv
... Natural regions in the heavens . The Milky Way . The Zodiac . Of the ecliptic . Celestial latitudes and longitudes ... nature and cause of the spots . Recent discoveries of Mr. Dawes . Of Mr. Nasmyth . Rotation of the Sun on its axis ...
... Natural regions in the heavens . The Milky Way . The Zodiac . Of the ecliptic . Celestial latitudes and longitudes ... nature and cause of the spots . Recent discoveries of Mr. Dawes . Of Mr. Nasmyth . Rotation of the Sun on its axis ...
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... nature of astronomical instruments and observations in general . Of sidereal and solar time . Of the measurements of time . Clocks , chronometers . Of astronomical measurements . Principle of telescopic sights to increase the accuracy ...
... nature of astronomical instruments and observations in general . Of sidereal and solar time . Of the measurements of time . Clocks , chronometers . Of astronomical measurements . Principle of telescopic sights to increase the accuracy ...
Page xxiv
... Natural regions in the heavens . The Milky Way . The Zodiac . Of the ecliptic . Celestial latitudes and longitudes ... nature and cause of the spots . Recent discoveries of Mr. Dawes . Of Mr. Nasmyth . Rotation of the Sun on its axis ...
... Natural regions in the heavens . The Milky Way . The Zodiac . Of the ecliptic . Celestial latitudes and longitudes ... nature and cause of the spots . Recent discoveries of Mr. Dawes . Of Mr. Nasmyth . Rotation of the Sun on its axis ...
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... nature . ( 2. ) There is no science which , more than astronomy , stands in need of such a preparation , or draws more largely on that intellectual liberality which is ready to adopt what- ever is demonstrated , or concede whatever is ...
... nature . ( 2. ) There is no science which , more than astronomy , stands in need of such a preparation , or draws more largely on that intellectual liberality which is ready to adopt what- ever is demonstrated , or concede whatever is ...
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