Practical Astronomy and Geodesy: including the projections of the Sphere and Spherical TrigonometryLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1845 |
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... NUTATION . 225. Annual increase in the longitudes of fixed stars , and move- ment of the equinoctial points - 174 174 - 226. Investigation of a formula for the precession in declination 227. Investigation of a formula for the precession ...
... NUTATION . 225. Annual increase in the longitudes of fixed stars , and move- ment of the equinoctial points - 174 174 - 226. Investigation of a formula for the precession in declination 227. Investigation of a formula for the precession ...
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... nutation in polar distance 244. Formula for the lunar nutation in right ascension 245. Solar nutation - CHAP . XI . THE ORBITS OF PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITES . THE ELEMENTS OF PLANETARY ORBITS . VARIABILITY OF THE ELEMENTS . KEPLER'S ...
... nutation in polar distance 244. Formula for the lunar nutation in right ascension 245. Solar nutation - CHAP . XI . THE ORBITS OF PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITES . THE ELEMENTS OF PLANETARY ORBITS . VARIABILITY OF THE ELEMENTS . KEPLER'S ...
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... nutation , or aberration , or the parallax of the fixed stars ; and in geodetical operations they serve to determine astronomically the latitudes of the principal stations . The instrument consists of a metal plate , or a system of bars ...
... nutation , or aberration , or the parallax of the fixed stars ; and in geodetical operations they serve to determine astronomically the latitudes of the principal stations . The instrument consists of a metal plate , or a system of bars ...
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... NUTATION . 225. THE observations of the ancients on the places of the fixed stars were not sufficiently precise to allow the law of their apparent motions to be accurately determined by com- parisons of those places with such as have ...
... NUTATION . 225. THE observations of the ancients on the places of the fixed stars were not sufficiently precise to allow the law of their apparent motions to be accurately determined by com- parisons of those places with such as have ...
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... NUTATION , Discovery of nutation - - Explanation of the phenomenon so called: its apparent pendence on the place of the moon's node.
... NUTATION , Discovery of nutation - - Explanation of the phenomenon so called: its apparent pendence on the place of the moon's node.
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aberration altitude angular distance apparent ascension and declination astronomical axis azimuth bisected celestial body celestial sphere centre circle colatitude computed considered correction corresponding cotan degrees described determined diameter difference disk earth ecliptic ellipse equal equator equatorial equinoctial point error expressed fixed star formula given Greenwich heliocentric horary horizontal parallax hour angle instant instrument interval latitude latter let fall mean meridian micrometer moon moon's motion movement Nautical Almanac nearly node noon nutation obliquity observed obtained P'PR parallax parallel perihelion perpendicular plane passing polar distance pole position projection radius vector refraction represented revolution revolve right angles right ascension satellite screw sector semidiameter sidereal sidereal clock sine solar sphere spherical triangle star's station subtracted sun's supposed surface tangent telescope transit transit telescope Trigon variation vertical wire zenith distance zero