Practical Astronomy and Geodesy: Including the Projections of the Sphere and Spherical Trigonometry. For the Use of the Royal Military CollegeLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 - 427 pages |
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... AXIS . APPA- RENT MOVEMENT OF THE STARS . REVOLUTION OF THE MOON ABOUT THE EARTH . - HYPOTHESIS OF THE EARTH'S ... axis : posi- tion of that axis - · 5. The celestial sphere : its assumed rotation 6. Apparent movements of the sun and ...
... AXIS . APPA- RENT MOVEMENT OF THE STARS . REVOLUTION OF THE MOON ABOUT THE EARTH . - HYPOTHESIS OF THE EARTH'S ... axis : posi- tion of that axis - · 5. The celestial sphere : its assumed rotation 6. Apparent movements of the sun and ...
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... axis of motion horizontal · 85. Formula for computing the deviation of the axis of motion from a horizontal position ; and the corresponding correc- tion to be applied to the observed time of a star's transit 86. Manner of determining ...
... axis of motion horizontal · 85. Formula for computing the deviation of the axis of motion from a horizontal position ; and the corresponding correc- tion to be applied to the observed time of a star's transit 86. Manner of determining ...
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... axis by · Page · 69 · 69 trials 88. Process for determining the error of collimation by a micro- meter , and the manner of correcting the observed time of a transit on account of that error 89. Method of ascertaining that the meridional ...
... axis by · Page · 69 · 69 trials 88. Process for determining the error of collimation by a micro- meter , and the manner of correcting the observed time of a transit on account of that error 89. Method of ascertaining that the meridional ...
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... axis of a planet's orbit found from those laws , the time of a sidereal revolution about the sun being given 256. The time of a revolution about the sun found by successive approximations , from two or more longitudes of the sun and as ...
... axis of a planet's orbit found from those laws , the time of a sidereal revolution about the sun being given 256. The time of a revolution about the sun found by successive approximations , from two or more longitudes of the sun and as ...
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... AXIS , AND THE LIBRA- TIONS OF THE MOON . 283. Apparent paths of the solar spots , and the manner of de- termining those paths - 284. Method of finding the geocentric longitude and latitude of a solar spot - 285. The inclination of the ...
... AXIS , AND THE LIBRA- TIONS OF THE MOON . 283. Apparent paths of the solar spots , and the manner of de- termining those paths - 284. Method of finding the geocentric longitude and latitude of a solar spot - 285. The inclination of the ...
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