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... sidereal times or right ascensions . Then , by comparing similar results on successive days , the rate of the clock , or its loss or gain in twenty - four hours , is determined , and the actual rate used for any group is found in ...
... sidereal times or right ascensions . Then , by comparing similar results on successive days , the rate of the clock , or its loss or gain in twenty - four hours , is determined , and the actual rate used for any group is found in ...
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... Sidereal Clock - slow Time of correspond- Mean of ing to Mean Clock's Adopted ! Loss Daily Day , in Group . of Group . 24 hours . Losing Rate . 1862 . Observer . Sidereal Clock - slow Clock's Adopted Time of correspond- Loss Daily Mean ...
... Sidereal Clock - slow Time of correspond- Mean of ing to Mean Clock's Adopted ! Loss Daily Day , in Group . of Group . 24 hours . Losing Rate . 1862 . Observer . Sidereal Clock - slow Clock's Adopted Time of correspond- Loss Daily Mean ...
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Radcliffe Observatory. Date , 1862 . Observer . Sidereal Clock - slow Clock's Adopted Time of correspond- Loss Daily Date , Mean of ing to Mean in Group . of Group . 24 hours . Losing Rate . 1862 . Observer . Sidereal Clock - slow ...
Radcliffe Observatory. Date , 1862 . Observer . Sidereal Clock - slow Clock's Adopted Time of correspond- Loss Daily Date , Mean of ing to Mean in Group . of Group . 24 hours . Losing Rate . 1862 . Observer . Sidereal Clock - slow ...
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Radcliffe Observatory. Date , 1862 . Sidereal Clock slow Clock's Adopted Time of correspond- Loss Daily Date , Mean of ing to Mean in Losing 1862 . Group . of Group . 24 hours . Rate . Observer . Sidereal Clock - slow Clock's Adopted I ...
Radcliffe Observatory. Date , 1862 . Sidereal Clock slow Clock's Adopted Time of correspond- Loss Daily Date , Mean of ing to Mean in Losing 1862 . Group . of Group . 24 hours . Rate . Observer . Sidereal Clock - slow Clock's Adopted I ...
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... sidereal preceding ) , by application of the proportional part of the assumed rate , and thus the Apparent Right Ascensions of all observed . objects are found . For reduction to Mean R. A. of stars for Jan. 1 , 1862 , the Nautical ...
... sidereal preceding ) , by application of the proportional part of the assumed rate , and thus the Apparent Right Ascensions of all observed . objects are found . For reduction to Mean R. A. of stars for Jan. 1 , 1862 , the Nautical ...
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air-thermometers to reduce Angles of Position Apparent Error Aquarii Aquilæ Assumed value Assumed zero Barograph Barom bluish Boötis Cancri Capricorni cession in N.P.D. Ceti Circle Cloudy Comet Concluded Scale Readings Dead calms depends on Lacaille determining stars Distances from Zero Eridani Error of Tabular Geminorum Greenwich Mean Groombr Groombridge h. m. div Heliometer Herculis Highest in sunshine Inches July 14 July 21 June 11 June 23 June 9 Leonis Libræ Lowest on grass Mags Mean N.P.D. Mean R.A. Measures in Arc mometers Name of Star Nautical Almanac Number of Obs Observatory Obsr Ophiuchi Overcast Pegasi Perigee Piscium Polar Diameter Polaris RADCLIFFE OBSERVATIONS RADCLIFFE OBSERVATORY Reflexion Right Ascensions Sagittarii Scale Divisions self-registering max Self-Registering Ther Sept Serpentis Showers Sidereal Table Tauri unsteady Ursa Minoris Virginis wires Zero in Scale zero of position-circle دو
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Page 1 - 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.
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