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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... parallax , there follow out- lines of the methods by which the elements of the solar , lunar , and planetary orbits are determined : these are succeeded by formulæ for computing the apparent displacements of celestial bodies , produced ...
... parallax , there follow out- lines of the methods by which the elements of the solar , lunar , and planetary orbits are determined : these are succeeded by formulæ for computing the apparent displacements of celestial bodies , produced ...
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... parallax of a reflecting instrument 886 98 - 99 132. Proof that the angle between the first and last directions of a pencil of light reflected from two mirrors is equal to twice the inclination of the mirrors 133. Employment of the ...
... parallax of a reflecting instrument 886 98 - 99 132. Proof that the angle between the first and last directions of a pencil of light reflected from two mirrors is equal to twice the inclination of the mirrors 133. Employment of the ...
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... parallax in altitude in terms of the apparent altitude - 155. Formula for the parallax in altitude in terms of the true al- titude - 114 - 115 156. The decrements of the earth's semidiameters vary with the square of the sine of the ...
... parallax in altitude in terms of the apparent altitude - 155. Formula for the parallax in altitude in terms of the true al- titude - 114 - 115 156. The decrements of the earth's semidiameters vary with the square of the sine of the ...
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... parallax 224. Elementary method of finding an approximation to the earth's distance from the sun , that of the moon from the earth being given · - CHAP . X. · 173 APPARENT DISPLACEMENTS OF THE CELESTIAL BODIES ARISING FROM THE FIGURE ...
... parallax 224. Elementary method of finding an approximation to the earth's distance from the sun , that of the moon from the earth being given · - CHAP . X. · 173 APPARENT DISPLACEMENTS OF THE CELESTIAL BODIES ARISING FROM THE FIGURE ...
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... PARALLAX . 291. Formulæ for reducing the mean to the apparent places of the fixed stars , and the converse 220 292 ... parallax by meridional observa- tions → 228 299. Method employed by Bessel to ascertain the parallax by double stars ...
... PARALLAX . 291. Formulæ for reducing the mean to the apparent places of the fixed stars , and the converse 220 292 ... parallax by meridional observa- tions → 228 299. Method employed by Bessel to ascertain the parallax by double stars ...
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