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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... planets , and the comets , revolve about the sun : the sun and planets revolve on their axes . The Earth , Jupiter , Saturn , and Uranus have satellites 2 3 3 88 4 20 5 5 6 6 Art . Page 13. The zodiac and its constellations 14. A 4.
... planets , and the comets , revolve about the sun : the sun and planets revolve on their axes . The Earth , Jupiter , Saturn , and Uranus have satellites 2 3 3 88 4 20 5 5 6 6 Art . Page 13. The zodiac and its constellations 14. A 4.
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... SATELLITES OF JUPITER , SATURN , AND URANUS . IMMERSIONS ETC. OF JUPITER'S SATEL- LITES . - THE ORBITS OF SATELLITES ARE INCLINED TO THE ― ECLIPTIC . - SATURN'S RING . - 246. Method of finding approximatively the distance of a planet ...
... SATELLITES OF JUPITER , SATURN , AND URANUS . IMMERSIONS ETC. OF JUPITER'S SATEL- LITES . - THE ORBITS OF SATELLITES ARE INCLINED TO THE ― ECLIPTIC . - SATURN'S RING . - 246. Method of finding approximatively the distance of a planet ...
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... satellites of Jupiter , Saturn , and Uranus 271. Visible motions of Jupiter's satellites 272. Their disappearances behind the planet , or in its shadow , - 205 - 205 - 206 · 206 and their subsequent emersions · 207 273. The satellites ...
... satellites of Jupiter , Saturn , and Uranus 271. Visible motions of Jupiter's satellites 272. Their disappearances behind the planet , or in its shadow , - 205 - 205 - 206 · 206 and their subsequent emersions · 207 273. The satellites ...
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... satellites of the planets revolve on their axes in the time of one revolution about their primaries - 278. Uncertainty in estimating the instants of immersion and emersion 279. Saturn's ring , its figure and position : times when it ...
... satellites of the planets revolve on their axes in the time of one revolution about their primaries - 278. Uncertainty in estimating the instants of immersion and emersion 279. Saturn's ring , its figure and position : times when it ...
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... satellites CHAP . XVIII . GEODESY . Page 337 338 339 340 340 345 - 348 METHOD OF CONDUCTING A GEODETICAL SURVEY . MEASUREMENT OF A BASE . FORMULA FOR VERIFYING THE OBSERVED ANGLES AND COMPUTING THE SIDES OF THE TRIANGLES . MANNER OF ...
... satellites CHAP . XVIII . GEODESY . Page 337 338 339 340 340 345 - 348 METHOD OF CONDUCTING A GEODETICAL SURVEY . MEASUREMENT OF A BASE . FORMULA FOR VERIFYING THE OBSERVED ANGLES AND COMPUTING THE SIDES OF THE TRIANGLES . MANNER OF ...
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