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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... Method of Observing Transits .... 288 Risk of Absolute Failure . . . . . 29 1 Appeal to America ....... 293 On a Stereographic Chart of the Transit of 1874 . . . 296 1882 . .298 A New Method of Observing the Transits of Venus ...
... Method of Observing Transits .... 288 Risk of Absolute Failure . . . . . 29 1 Appeal to America ....... 293 On a Stereographic Chart of the Transit of 1874 . . . 296 1882 . .298 A New Method of Observing the Transits of Venus ...
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... Method of Observing Transits Risk of Absolute Failure Appeal to America On a Stereographic Chart of the Transit of 1874 1882 . A New Method of Observing the Transits of Venus On the Southern Region in which reconnaissance should have ...
... Method of Observing Transits Risk of Absolute Failure Appeal to America On a Stereographic Chart of the Transit of 1874 1882 . A New Method of Observing the Transits of Venus On the Southern Region in which reconnaissance should have ...
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... method of gauging . He assumed as a first principle , to be modified by the results of observation , that there is a tolerable uniformity in the distribution of stars through space . Directing his twenty - feet reflector successively ...
... method of gauging . He assumed as a first principle , to be modified by the results of observation , that there is a tolerable uniformity in the distribution of stars through space . Directing his twenty - feet reflector successively ...
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... method of gauging , with a telescope of equal power , he obtained a result agreeing , in a most remarkable manner , with those obtained by Sir William Herschel . It appeared , however , that the southern hemisphere is somewhat richer in ...
... method of gauging , with a telescope of equal power , he obtained a result agreeing , in a most remarkable manner , with those obtained by Sir William Herschel . It appeared , however , that the southern hemisphere is somewhat richer in ...
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... method to refer to star - maps including only the first six magnitudes . ' It is obvious that if our sun is placed within such a stratum as is exhibited in figs . 1 and 2 , no evidence whatever as to the structure of that stratum can be ...
... method to refer to star - maps including only the first six magnitudes . ' It is obvious that if our sun is placed within such a stratum as is exhibited in figs . 1 and 2 , no evidence whatever as to the structure of that stratum can be ...
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