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Apparent Error Aquarii Aquila Arietis Auriga Barograph Barom barometer Boötis Brilliant white Cancri Canis Majoris Capricorni Cephei 51 Hev cession in N.P.D. cession in R.A. Ceti Cloudy colatitude Comæ Concluded Scale Readings correction depends on B. F. depends on Lacaille determining stars Distances from Zero Eridani Error of Tabular faint Fraction Geminorum Groomb Groombridge h. m. Obs Heliometer Herculis Hydræ Inches July 14 Q July 20 July 20 Q July 5 Q June 16 June 3 Q June 6 Q Libræ Mags Mean N.P.D. Mean R.A. Mean Solar Monocerotis N.P.D. Mean Name of Star Nautical Almanac Number of Obs Observatory Obsr Ophiuchi Orionis Overcast Pegasi Piscium Polaris RADCLIFFE OBSERVATIONS RADCLIFFE OBSERVATORY Rain Reflexion Right Ascensions Sagittarii Sept Serpentis Sextantis Sidereal Stars equal Tauri transit circle unsteady Ursa Minoris Virginis Vulpeculæ wires Zero in Scale zero of position-circle دو
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Page 4 - Sin a in the direction of the meridian and at right angles to it, being considered positive towards the North and East.
Page v - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 3 - Equation for expressing in the usual periodic formulas the reading at any hour of the day reckoned from noon, in terms of the mean value and the hour of the day. The principal maximum values, both positive and negative, for each month as derived from the forementioned equation are as follows : — Month.
Page xxv - HUBBAKD has given a very simple table by which the values of log A, log B, log C, and log D as given in the Tab.
Page 133 - Right Ascensions and North Polar Distances of the Centre of the Sun, (continued.) Oxford Mean Solar T1me О П.A.
Page xlv - Some of the columns require no explanation, and notice will be taken only of those which require it. The magnitudes of the stars which are set down are those which have been observed in the year 1864.