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... Edition , with Additions , Portrait and get Map . Post yo , 19 % 61 . STRAY LEAVES from an ARCTIC JOURNAL By Lieutenant SiteRARD OHOR , UL.N. , Comusading IALS.V. Poster in the Expedition of 1830 and 1831 , meley Caplain Auson , to ...
... Edition , with Additions , Portrait and get Map . Post yo , 19 % 61 . STRAY LEAVES from an ARCTIC JOURNAL By Lieutenant SiteRARD OHOR , UL.N. , Comusading IALS.V. Poster in the Expedition of 1830 and 1831 , meley Caplain Auson , to ...
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... and Meteorological Society of British Guiana ; & c . & c . & c . FIFTH EDITION . LONDON : LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , LONGMANS , AND ROBERTS . 184. a . 13 , BO OTHE SON E LONDON : ΤΟ THE REV . 1858 . PREFACE · · Page iii-viii.
... and Meteorological Society of British Guiana ; & c . & c . & c . FIFTH EDITION . LONDON : LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , LONGMANS , AND ROBERTS . 184. a . 13 , BO OTHE SON E LONDON : ΤΟ THE REV . 1858 . PREFACE · · Page iii-viii.
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... Edition of these Outlines , enriched by accounts of several of your own recent discoveries , I should ill acquit myself to my own feelings if I did not add to the expression of that grateful sense of your many and important services to ...
... Edition of these Outlines , enriched by accounts of several of your own recent discoveries , I should ill acquit myself to my own feelings if I did not add to the expression of that grateful sense of your many and important services to ...
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... ject in its simplest form , avoiding altogether entering into minutiae of chronological discussion . J. F. W. HERSCHEL . Collingwood , April 12. 1849 . PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION . THE rapid progress of PREFACE . xi.
... ject in its simplest form , avoiding altogether entering into minutiae of chronological discussion . J. F. W. HERSCHEL . Collingwood , April 12. 1849 . PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION . THE rapid progress of PREFACE . xi.
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... EDITION . THE rapid progress of science renders it necessary frequently to revise and bring up elementary works to the existing state of knowledge , under penalty of their becoming obsolete . In former editions of this work , this has ...
... EDITION . THE rapid progress of science renders it necessary frequently to revise and bring up elementary works to the existing state of knowledge , under penalty of their becoming obsolete . In former editions of this work , this has ...
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amount angle angular appear apsides ascertained astronomical attraction axis bright calculation celestial circle comet curve described diameter difference direction disc distance disturbed body disturbing force diurnal diurnal motion double stars earth ecliptic Edition effect epoch equal equator equinoctial equinox error exact excentricity fixed globe gravity heavens heliocentric hemisphere horizon inclination inequality instance instrument interval Julian period Jupiter latitude latter less light longitude lunar magnitude mass mean measure meridian moon moon's motion nearly nebula node normal force nutation object observed orbit parallax parallel perigee perihelion period perturbations phænomena planet planetary pole portion position precession proper motions proportion recede reckoned refraction remarkable respect result revolution revolving right ascension rotation round satellites Saturn seen sidereal sidereal day situation solar sphere spherical stars station sun's suppose surface syzygies tangential force telescope tion Uranus variation velocity visible vols whole zenith