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... 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 immense work on the zodiacal light , forming the third volume of the account of the ...
... 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 immense work on the zodiacal light , forming the third volume of the account of the ...
Page 190
... ECLIPTIC . - CELESTIAL LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES.- PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES . - NUTATION . —ABERRATION . - REFRACTION . - PARALLAX . — SUMMARY VIEW OF THE URANOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS . ( 290. ) THE determination of the relative ...
... ECLIPTIC . - CELESTIAL LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES.- PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES . - NUTATION . —ABERRATION . - REFRACTION . - PARALLAX . — SUMMARY VIEW OF THE URANOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS . ( 290. ) THE determination of the relative ...
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... ecliptic , and which is inclined to the equinoctial at an angle of about 23 ° 28 ' , intersecting it at two opposite points , called the equinoctial points , or equinoxes , and which are distinguished from each other by 196 OUTLINES OF ...
... ecliptic , and which is inclined to the equinoctial at an angle of about 23 ° 28 ' , intersecting it at two opposite points , called the equinoctial points , or equinoxes , and which are distinguished from each other by 196 OUTLINES OF ...
Page 197
... ecliptic on either side , crossing and recrossing it at regular and equal intervals of time , and confining themselves within a zone , or belt ( the zodiac already spoken of ) , extending ( with certain exceptions among the smaller ...
... ecliptic on either side , crossing and recrossing it at regular and equal intervals of time , and confining themselves within a zone , or belt ( the zodiac already spoken of ) , extending ( with certain exceptions among the smaller ...
Page 198
... ecliptic among the stars may , for our present purpose , be regarded as invariable . It is true that this is not ... ecliptic , like those of any other great circle of the sphere , are opposite points on its surface , equidistant from ...
... ecliptic among the stars may , for our present purpose , be regarded as invariable . It is true that this is not ... ecliptic , like those of any other great circle of the sphere , are opposite points on its surface , equidistant from ...
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