Astronomical and Meteorological Observations Made at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford ..., Volume 22 |
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Amount Angles of Position Apparent Error Aquarii Aquilæ Assumed value Assumed zero average blue bluish Boötis Cancri Capricorni Centre Cephei Ceti Circle Cloudy Comet Concluded Scale Readings corrections Diameter direction Distances from Zero Equat Error of Tabular Fine Fraction Geminorum given greater Groombr Groombridge halo Herculis Highest hour Inches July July 14 July 21 June 23 June 9 Leonis less Lowest Mags Mean Mean of Measures Measures in Arc month Moon's Name of Star Nautical Almanac North Number of Obs Object observations Observatory Obsr Ophiuchi Overcast Oxford Pegasi Piazzi Piscium Polar Polar Diameter Q L Q Q Q Q Radcliffe RADCLIFFE OBSERVATIONS Rain Readings of Position reduce Reflexion Sagittarii Saturn Scale Divisions Sept Sidereal Table Tauri Transit unsteady Virginis Wind wires yellow Zero in Scale zero of position-circle
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Page iv - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 173 - Equation for expressing in the usual periodic formulas the reading at any hour of the day reckoned from noon, in terms of the mean value and the hour of the day. The principal maximum values, both positive and negative, for each month as derived from the forementioned equation are as follows : — Month.
Page xli - A weighted arithmetic mean is obtained by multiplying each value by some non-negative weight before summation and then dividing the sum of the products by the sum of the weights.
Page xxvii - HUBBAKD has given a very simple table by which the values of log A, log B, log C, and log D as given in the Tab.
Page 91 - Right Ascensions and North Polar Distances of the Centre of the Sun. Oxford Mean Solar Time of Transit of Centre. RA Seconds of Tabular RA Apparent Error of Tabular RA N-.FD Seconds of Tabular NF D. Apparent Error of Tabular NI
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| Title | Astronomical and Meteorological Observations Made at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford ..., Volume 22 |
| Author | Oxford (England). Radcliffe Observatory |
| Published | 1865 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Oct 2007 |
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