Report Upon the Determination of the Astronomical Coordinates of the Primary Stations at Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, and Colorado Springs, Colorado Territory, Made During the Years 1872 and 1873, Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth MeridianU.S. Government Printing Office, 1874 - 82 pages |
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Resulting longitude Reduction of the latitude observations Mean places of stars used for determination of latitude Observations for latitude Computations for latitude Resulting astronomical co - ordinates Colorado Springs station ...
Resulting longitude Reduction of the latitude observations Mean places of stars used for determination of latitude Observations for latitude Computations for latitude Resulting astronomical co - ordinates Colorado Springs station ...
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... including means of single and serial results . 12. Personal equation . 13. Probable error by least squares . 14. Resulting longitude . 15. Reduction of the latitude - observations properly grouped , with discussion of results . 16.
... including means of single and serial results . 12. Personal equation . 13. Probable error by least squares . 14. Resulting longitude . 15. Reduction of the latitude - observations properly grouped , with discussion of results . 16.
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T = observed time reduced to the mean of wires and corrected for rate . T. T = observed time corrected for instrumental errors . AR . = apparent right ascension of star . 4T 4 , T = resulting error of the chronometer after the mean of ...
T = observed time reduced to the mean of wires and corrected for rate . T. T = observed time corrected for instrumental errors . AR . = apparent right ascension of star . 4T 4 , T = resulting error of the chronometer after the mean of ...
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It had a gaining - rate , +0.054 , hourly average , at a mean temperature of 50 ° . The breakarrangement got out of order once , but it was readily repaired , and ran the rest of the season without giving any trouble . . ( d . ) ...
It had a gaining - rate , +0.054 , hourly average , at a mean temperature of 50 ° . The breakarrangement got out of order once , but it was readily repaired , and ran the rest of the season without giving any trouble . . ( d . ) ...
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Mean Right Ascension , 1872.0 . Declination . 5 . 14. 16. 18. 19. 21 . . 5 . 14. 16. 18. 19. 21 . * * . + 6 55.1 I 12.0 * 6 h . m . S. 19 57 53.20 20 4 41.98 10 57.04 13 9.32 19 59.54 * . 12 56.4 + 77 19.5 18 37.7 * * * .
Mean Right Ascension , 1872.0 . Declination . 5 . 14. 16. 18. 19. 21 . . 5 . 14. 16. 18. 19. 21 . * * . + 6 55.1 I 12.0 * 6 h . m . S. 19 57 53.20 20 4 41.98 10 57.04 13 9.32 19 59.54 * . 12 56.4 + 77 19.5 18 37.7 * * * .
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| Title | Report Upon the Determination of the Astronomical Coordinates of the Primary Stations at Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, and Colorado Springs, Colorado Territory, Made During the Years 1872 and 1873, Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian |
| Author | Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1874 |
| Original from | Cornell University |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2013 |
| Length | 82 pages |
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