Practical Astronomy and Geodesy: Including the Projections of the Sphere and Spherical Trigonometry. For the Use of the Royal Military CollegeLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 - 427 pages |
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... movement of the stars about the earth is sometimes called the diurnal rotation of the celestial sphere . The sun ... movements which prove them to be quite distinct from the other bodies of the universe . 6. At a certain season , in any ...
... movement of the stars about the earth is sometimes called the diurnal rotation of the celestial sphere . The sun ... movements which prove them to be quite distinct from the other bodies of the universe . 6. At a certain season , in any ...
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... movement of the sun ; but since they will be the same whether the sun revolve about the earth in one year , or the earth about the sun in the same time , the latter hypo- thesis , which alone is consistent with the laws of general ...
... movement of the sun ; but since they will be the same whether the sun revolve about the earth in one year , or the earth about the sun in the same time , the latter hypo- thesis , which alone is consistent with the laws of general ...
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... movements independent of that general revolution which all of them appear to perform daily about the earth . These are the planets , which are ten in number , though only six can be seen by the unassisted eye , and their designations in ...
... movements independent of that general revolution which all of them appear to perform daily about the earth . These are the planets , which are ten in number , though only six can be seen by the unassisted eye , and their designations in ...
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... movements as indicate that they , like the planets , revolve about the sun . All the planets , moreover , are seen to ... movement on an axis . The planets Jupiter , Saturn , and Uranus are , by the aid of the telescope , observed to be ...
... movements as indicate that they , like the planets , revolve about the sun . All the planets , moreover , are seen to ... movement on an axis . The planets Jupiter , Saturn , and Uranus are , by the aid of the telescope , observed to be ...
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... movement of any celestial body in that direction is said to be direct , or according to the order of the signs : if the move- ment take place from the east towards the west , it is said to be retrograde , or contrary to the order of the ...
... movement of any celestial body in that direction is said to be direct , or according to the order of the signs : if the move- ment take place from the east towards the west , it is said to be retrograde , or contrary to the order of the ...
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angular distance apparent ascension and declination astronomical azimuth bisected celestial body celestial sphere centre circle passing circumference colatitude computed considered correction corresponding cosine cotan degrees described determined diameter difference earth ecliptic ellipse equal equator equatorial equinoctial point expressed fixed star formula geocentric given graduation Greenwich Greenwich mean horary motions horizontal parallax hour angle index error instant instrument interval latitude latter let fall limb longitude mean noon meridian micrometer moon moon's Nautical Almanac node observed altitude obtained optical axis orbit parallax parallel perihelion perpendicular plane passing polar distance pole position projection radius refraction represented revolution revolve right angles right ascension satellite screw sector semidiameter side sidereal sidereal clock sine sphere spherical triangle star's station subtended subtracted supposed surface tangent transit telescope true variation vertical wire zenith distance zero
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