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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... Computations for latitude Resulting astronomical co - ordinates Colorado Springs station , Colorado Territory Geographical position of station Physical - geography details Meteorological conditions Description of observatory ...
... Computations for latitude Resulting astronomical co - ordinates Colorado Springs station , Colorado Territory Geographical position of station Physical - geography details Meteorological conditions Description of observatory ...
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... computations were made by the method of least squares . The conditional equations were sometimes formed with and sometimes without the correction for colli- mation ( c ) ; in the former case it was obtained from a preliminary reduction ...
... computations were made by the method of least squares . The conditional equations were sometimes formed with and sometimes without the correction for colli- mation ( c ) ; in the former case it was obtained from a preliminary reduction ...
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... Computations for Latitude of Cheyenne , Wyoming Territory . Date . Number Half - sum of dec- of pair . linations . Corrections . Latitude . Mic , and ref . Level . Meridian . 1872 . Oct. ⚫ " # 1 , " 1 I 13 40 57 50.5 +9 53.10 + 1.65 12 ...
... Computations for Latitude of Cheyenne , Wyoming Territory . Date . Number Half - sum of dec- of pair . linations . Corrections . Latitude . Mic , and ref . Level . Meridian . 1872 . Oct. ⚫ " # 1 , " 1 I 13 40 57 50.5 +9 53.10 + 1.65 12 ...
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... Computations for Latitude of Cheyenne , Wyoming Territory . Date . 1872 . Oct. 3 Number Half - sum of dec- of pair . linations . Corrections . Latitude . Mic , and ref . Level . Meridian . " " O 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 1 1 3 5 t ±± ± 8 ...
... Computations for Latitude of Cheyenne , Wyoming Territory . Date . 1872 . Oct. 3 Number Half - sum of dec- of pair . linations . Corrections . Latitude . Mic , and ref . Level . Meridian . " " O 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 1 1 3 5 t ±± ± 8 ...
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... Computations for Latitude of Cheyenne , Wyoming Territory . Number Half - sum of dec- Date . of pair . linations . Corrections . Latitude . Mic . and ref . Level . Meridian . 1872 . Oct. O " " 1 1 17 " " I O " " 33333 43 41 [ 4 11.5 6 ...
... Computations for Latitude of Cheyenne , Wyoming Territory . Number Half - sum of dec- Date . of pair . linations . Corrections . Latitude . Mic . and ref . Level . Meridian . 1872 . Oct. O " " 1 1 17 " " I O " " 33333 43 41 [ 4 11.5 6 ...
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