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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... figure of the earth , with propositions relating to spheroidal arcs and angles , also the manner of making pendulum experiments for a like purpose , together with notices of the principal formulæ relating to terrestrial magnetism ...
... figure of the earth , with propositions relating to spheroidal arcs and angles , also the manner of making pendulum experiments for a like purpose , together with notices of the principal formulæ relating to terrestrial magnetism ...
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... figure of the moon.- Eclipses - 11. The apparently independent movements of the planets : the elongations of Mercury and Venus from the sun ; and proof that these planets revolve about the sun within the earth's orbit · - 12. The other ...
... figure of the moon.- Eclipses - 11. The apparently independent movements of the planets : the elongations of Mercury and Venus from the sun ; and proof that these planets revolve about the sun within the earth's orbit · - 12. The other ...
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... figure is an ellipse , or a circle - Cor . 1. When the projecting point is on the surface , the projected figure is a circle - 15 · 16 - 17 - 17 Cor . 2. When the projecting point is infinitely remote , the projection of an oblique ...
... figure is an ellipse , or a circle - Cor . 1. When the projecting point is on the surface , the projected figure is a circle - 15 · 16 - 17 - 17 Cor . 2. When the projecting point is infinitely remote , the projection of an oblique ...
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... FIGURE - CHAP . VIII . THE ORBIT OF THE EARTH . 147 148 - 151 SHOWN TO BE ELLIPTICAL . SITUATION AND MOVE- MENT OF THE PERIHELION POINT . THE MEAN , TRUE , AND EXCENTRIC ANOMALIES . EQUATION OF THE CENTRE . - 192. Figure of the earth's ...
... FIGURE - CHAP . VIII . THE ORBIT OF THE EARTH . 147 148 - 151 SHOWN TO BE ELLIPTICAL . SITUATION AND MOVE- MENT OF THE PERIHELION POINT . THE MEAN , TRUE , AND EXCENTRIC ANOMALIES . EQUATION OF THE CENTRE . - 192. Figure of the earth's ...
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... FIGURE OF THE MOON'S ORBIT . — PERIODICAL TIMES OF HER REVOLUTIONS . — THE PRINCIPAL INEQUALITIES OF HER MOTION . HER DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH EMPLOYED TO FIND AP- PROXIMATIVELY THE DISTANCE OF THE LATTER FROM THE SUN . Art . ― 209 ...
... FIGURE OF THE MOON'S ORBIT . — PERIODICAL TIMES OF HER REVOLUTIONS . — THE PRINCIPAL INEQUALITIES OF HER MOTION . HER DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH EMPLOYED TO FIND AP- PROXIMATIVELY THE DISTANCE OF THE LATTER FROM THE SUN . Art . ― 209 ...
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