 It is, indeed, hardly possible to over-appreciate their value in this point of view. Every well-determined star, from the moment its place is registered, becomes to the astronomer, the geographer, the navigator, the surveyor, a point of departure which...  The astronomical observer - Página xxivpor William Arthur Darby - 1864Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1831 - 416 páginas
...the universe ; and amidst the endless and complicated fluctuations of our system, seem placed by its Creator as guides and records, not merely to elevate...delicacy so extreme as to be a test for every instrument yet invented by man, yet equally adapted for the most ordinary purposes ; as available for regulating... | |
 | Royal Astronomical Society - 1831 - 422 páginas
...navigator, the surveyor, — a. ^owrt. o£ departure which can never deceive or fail him, — i\\e same fox and in all places, of a delicacy so extreme as to be a test for every instrument yet invented by man, yet equally adapted for the most ordinary purposes ; as available for regulating... | |
 | 1845 - 260 páginas
...Hie J moment its place is registered, becomes to the astronomer, the geographer, the navigator, and the surveyor, a point of departure which can never...delicacy so extreme as to be a test for every instrument yet invented by man, yet equally adapted for the most ordinary purposes ; as available for regulatiirj... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 páginas
...the universe ; and, amidst the endless and complicated fluctuations of our system, seem placed by its Creator as guides and records, not merely to elevate...delicacy so extreme as to be a test for every instrument yet invented by man, yet equally adapted for the most ordinary purposes ; as available for regulating... | |
 | John Drew - 1853 - 386 páginas
...the universe ; and, amidst the endless and complicated fluctuations of our system, seem placed by its Creator as guides and records, not merely to elevate...delicacy so extreme as to be a test for every instrument yet invented by man, yet equally adapted for the most ordinary purposes ; as available for regulating... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 páginas
...the universe ; and, amidst the endless and complicated fluctuations of our system, seem placed by its Creator as guides and records, not merely to elevate...delicacy so extreme as to be a test for every instrument yet invented by man, yet equally adapted for the most ordinary purposes ; as available for regulating... | |
 | George Frederick Chambers - 1867 - 888 páginas
...indeed hardly possible to over-appreciate their value in this point of view. Every well- determined star, from the moment its place is registered, becomes...delicacy so extreme as to be a test for every instrument yet invented by man, yet equally adapted for the most ordinary purposes ; as available for regulating... | |
 | Royal Astronomical Society - 1871 - 718 páginas
...surveyor, — a point, of departure which can never deceive or fail him, — the same for ever and for all places, of a delicacy so extreme as to be a test for every instrument yet invented by man, yet equally adapted for the most ordinary purposes ; as available for regulating... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1872 - 684 páginas
...the universe, and, amidst the endless and complicated fluctuations of our system, seem placed by its Creator as guides and records, not merely to elevate...delicacy so extreme as to be a test for every instrument yet invented by man, yet equally adapted for the most ordinary purposes; as available for regulating... | |
 | 1872 - 412 páginas
...surveyor, — a point of departure which can never deceive or fail him, — the same for ever and for all places, of a delicacy so extreme as to be a test for every instrument yet invented by man, yet equally adapted for the most ordinary purposes ; as available for regulating... | |
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