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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... star 77. The position micrometer 78. The micrometer microscope 79. Manner of finding the value of a run of the ... star's transit 86. Manner of determining the like deviation of the axis , from transits observed by direct view and by ...
... star 77. The position micrometer 78. The micrometer microscope 79. Manner of finding the value of a run of the ... star's transit 86. Manner of determining the like deviation of the axis , from transits observed by direct view and by ...
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... star's observed declination , when , at the time of the observation , the star is not on the meridian wire 102. Manner of correcting the observed declination of the moon when her disk is not wholly enlightened བྲབ 103. The mural circles ...
... star's observed declination , when , at the time of the observation , the star is not on the meridian wire 102. Manner of correcting the observed declination of the moon when her disk is not wholly enlightened བྲབ 103. The mural circles ...
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... stars , and between Page 89 ཚེ ཚ the moon and a star 92 121. Bessel's heliometer 93 122. Explanation of the terms north following , south following , north preceding and south preceding ཚརྒྱ 94 94 95 123. Description of the floating ...
... stars , and between Page 89 ཚེ ཚ the moon and a star 92 121. Bessel's heliometer 93 122. Explanation of the terms north following , south following , north preceding and south preceding ཚརྒྱ 94 94 95 123. Description of the floating ...
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... stars , and their variability 294. Certain stars are double , and have revolving motions 221 222 295. Manner of determining approximatively the orbits of re- volving stars 223 296. Investigation of the inclinations of the apparent to ...
... stars , and their variability 294. Certain stars are double , and have revolving motions 221 222 295. Manner of determining approximatively the orbits of re- volving stars 223 296. Investigation of the inclinations of the apparent to ...
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... star in terms of its maximum value 231 301. Investigation of the parallax in a line joining the two which constitute a double star 232 302. Bessel's determination of the constant of parallax for 61 Cygni 233 CHAP . XIV . TIME . SIDEREAL ...
... star in terms of its maximum value 231 301. Investigation of the parallax in a line joining the two which constitute a double star 232 302. Bessel's determination of the constant of parallax for 61 Cygni 233 CHAP . XIV . TIME . SIDEREAL ...
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