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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... miles it cuts off the extensive view one is accustomed to on the great plains . Eastward and southward there is the usual rolling and slightly - broken prairie ; but in the southwest , Long's Peak , already white this September with ...
... miles it cuts off the extensive view one is accustomed to on the great plains . Eastward and southward there is the usual rolling and slightly - broken prairie ; but in the southwest , Long's Peak , already white this September with ...
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... miles , and does not include any battery or repeating - office . At Cheyenne there was a repeating - office ; but as the observatory , as elsewhere stated , was situated west of it , the signals did not work through any repeater ; and ...
... miles , and does not include any battery or repeating - office . At Cheyenne there was a repeating - office ; but as the observatory , as elsewhere stated , was situated west of it , the signals did not work through any repeater ; and ...
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... miles ; from Denver to Cheyenne , 106 miles ; from Cheyenne to Corinne , 537 miles ; and from Corinne to Salt Lake , 45 miles ; using at every station sixty - five Grove cells . The use of the wires was always freely tendered by the ...
... miles ; from Denver to Cheyenne , 106 miles ; from Cheyenne to Corinne , 537 miles ; and from Corinne to Salt Lake , 45 miles ; using at every station sixty - five Grove cells . The use of the wires was always freely tendered by the ...
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12-Year Cat 21h local sidereal 30m local sidereal 50 Draconis 61 Cygni 9 Draconis Aquarii August bB aA cC Capricorni Cassiopeiæ Ceti Cheyenne chron chronograph chronom circuit Clamp Cloudy all day Colo Colorado Springs chronometer COLORADO TERRITORY Computations for Latitude Correction of chronometer Delphini eter final result Groom Groombridge 3241 Groombridge 4163 Half-sum of dec Herculis instrument July 28 July 30 Latitude of Cheyenne LATITUDE-OBSERVATIONS-Continued Level linations longitude Mean at 24h Mean for 17h Micrometer star Name of Star nights Normal Equations Number Half-sum O.II Observations for Latitude.-Station October 14 October 19 Pegasi personal equation Piscium probable error REDUCTION Remarks Right Ascension Sagittarii Salt Lake chron SALT LAKE CITY SALT LAKE OBSERVATORY Springs chron ß Lyræ TABLES OF TIME-REDUCTIONS Tabulation of Stars TIME-REDUCTIONS AT RECEIVING-STATION-Continued UNIFORM TABLES Ursa Minoris UTAH TERRITORY wires Wyoming Territory ΔΤ ΙΟ Ο.ΟΙ