The Universe and the Coming Transits: Presenting Researches Into and New Views Respecting the Constitution of the Heavens: Together with an Investigation of the Conditions of the Coming Transits of Venus ...Longmans, Green, and Company, 1874 - 303 páginas |
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... have been mado between 1869 and 1874 to find what stations, if any, are convenient and suitable for observing the Transit of Venus in 1874 . 302 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATES. I. An Isographic Projection of the XU CONTEXTS.
... have been mado between 1869 and 1874 to find what stations, if any, are convenient and suitable for observing the Transit of Venus in 1874 . 302 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATES. I. An Isographic Projection of the XU CONTEXTS.
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... page 287 between pages 296 , 297 XXI . Chart of the Transit of 1882 on the Stereographic Projection XXII . Transit of Venus in 1874 between pages 298 , 299 to face page 302 39 4 . 5 . " " " " 39 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
... page 287 between pages 296 , 297 XXI . Chart of the Transit of 1882 on the Stereographic Projection XXII . Transit of Venus in 1874 between pages 298 , 299 to face page 302 39 4 . 5 . " " " " 39 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
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... on the Coming Transits . Fig . 1. Diagram 234 2 . 29 39 3 . 4 . 19 33 5 . 31 " " 235 • 252 253 255 6 . 276 " " 7 . 277 THE UNIVERSE . STAR - STREAMS . To those who xiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . THE UNIVERSE Star-streams PAGE.
... on the Coming Transits . Fig . 1. Diagram 234 2 . 29 39 3 . 4 . 19 33 5 . 31 " " 235 • 252 253 255 6 . 276 " " 7 . 277 THE UNIVERSE . STAR - STREAMS . To those who xiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . THE UNIVERSE Star-streams PAGE.
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... illustration given above , if we have reason to suspect that there are many lights of superior brilliancy , in some parts of a town , and that further there are in some streets laws of arrangement among the lights , or that there are ...
... illustration given above , if we have reason to suspect that there are many lights of superior brilliancy , in some parts of a town , and that further there are in some streets laws of arrangement among the lights , or that there are ...
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... illustrated by these figures . Now , taking Plates I. , II . , and VI . , I think one can trace a connection between the stars there depicted , and that stream of nebulous light which the view we are examining teaches us to consider as ...
... illustrated by these figures . Now , taking Plates I. , II . , and VI . , I think one can trace a connection between the stars there depicted , and that stream of nebulous light which the view we are examining teaches us to consider as ...
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