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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... called : its apparent de- pendence on the place of the moon's node - 240. Nature of the path described by the revolving pole - 241. Investigation of a formula for the lunar equation of preces- sion , and of obliquity - 242. Formula for ...
... called : its apparent de- pendence on the place of the moon's node - 240. Nature of the path described by the revolving pole - 241. Investigation of a formula for the lunar equation of preces- sion , and of obliquity - 242. Formula for ...
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... called a meridian line : of this line , the extremity which is nearest to the Arctic regions of the earth is called the north point , and that which is opposite to it , the south point . A line imagined to pass through the spectator ...
... called a meridian line : of this line , the extremity which is nearest to the Arctic regions of the earth is called the north point , and that which is opposite to it , the south point . A line imagined to pass through the spectator ...
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... called the diurnal rotation of the celestial sphere . The sun appears daily to rise and set : the moon also , when visible , exhibits the like phenomena ; but these two celestial bodies , and certain stars which are not always visible ...
... called the diurnal rotation of the celestial sphere . The sun appears daily to rise and set : the moon also , when visible , exhibits the like phenomena ; but these two celestial bodies , and certain stars which are not always visible ...
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... called fixed have , from the earliest ages , been reduced into groups under the figures chiefly of men and animals ; and representations of such groups , or constellations as they are called , may be seen on any celestial globe . A ...
... called fixed have , from the earliest ages , been reduced into groups under the figures chiefly of men and animals ; and representations of such groups , or constellations as they are called , may be seen on any celestial globe . A ...
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... called fixed , though examined with the most powerful instruments , are seen only as lucid points ; it will follow that the sun , the earth , and the planets constitute a particular group of bodies , and that a sphere supposed to ...
... called fixed , though examined with the most powerful instruments , are seen only as lucid points ; it will follow that the sun , the earth , and the planets constitute a particular group of bodies , and that a sphere supposed to ...
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