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Page vii
... a far more matured and comprehensive plan , the part relating to the lunar and planetary perturbations , and to bring the subjects of sidereal and nebular astronomy to the Obser . Fit . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION Page vii-xi.
... a far more matured and comprehensive plan , the part relating to the lunar and planetary perturbations , and to bring the subjects of sidereal and nebular astronomy to the Obser . Fit . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION Page vii-xi.
Page viii
Sir John Frederick William Herschel. bring the subjects of sidereal and nebular astronomy to the level of the present state of our knowledge in those departments . The chief novelty in the volume , as it now stands , will be found in the ...
Sir John Frederick William Herschel. bring the subjects of sidereal and nebular astronomy to the level of the present state of our knowledge in those departments . The chief novelty in the volume , as it now stands , will be found in the ...
Page xiv
... sidereal astronomy , in his catalogue of upwards of 60,000 previously unregistered ecliptic stars ; of Mr. Bishop's ecliptic charts and those of M. Chacornac ; of Mr. Carrington's elaborate circumpolar catalogue ; and of Mr. Jones's ...
... sidereal astronomy , in his catalogue of upwards of 60,000 previously unregistered ecliptic stars ; of Mr. Bishop's ecliptic charts and those of M. Chacornac ; of Mr. Carrington's elaborate circumpolar catalogue ; and of Mr. Jones's ...
Page xviii
... sidereal clusters is decisively drawn . These delicate applications of optical science to chemistry have also afforded strong grounds for concluding with considerable confidence the presence of several of our terrestrial elementary ...
... sidereal clusters is decisively drawn . These delicate applications of optical science to chemistry have also afforded strong grounds for concluding with considerable confidence the presence of several of our terrestrial elementary ...
Page xxiv
... Sidereal , tropical , and anomalistic years . Physical constitution of the Sun. Its spots . Facula . Probable nature and cause of the spots . Recent discoveries of Mr. Dawes . Of Mr. Nasmyth . Rotation of the Sun on its axis . Its ...
... Sidereal , tropical , and anomalistic years . Physical constitution of the Sun. Its spots . Facula . Probable nature and cause of the spots . Recent discoveries of Mr. Dawes . Of Mr. Nasmyth . Rotation of the Sun on its axis . Its ...
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