Outlines of AstronomyLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, 1851 - 661 pages |
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Page v
... sidereal and nebular astronomy to the level of the present state of our knowledge in those departments . The chief novelty in the volume , as it now stands , will be found in the manner in which the subject of Perturbations is treated ...
... sidereal and nebular astronomy to the level of the present state of our knowledge in those departments . The chief novelty in the volume , as it now stands , will be found in the manner in which the subject of Perturbations is treated ...
Page xi
... sidereal and solar time . Of the measurements of time . Clocks , chronometers . Of astronomical measurements . Principle of telescopic sights to increase the accuracy of pointing . Simplest application of this principle . The transit ...
... sidereal and solar time . Of the measurements of time . Clocks , chronometers . Of astronomical measurements . Principle of telescopic sights to increase the accuracy of pointing . Simplest application of this principle . The transit ...
Page xii
... Sidereal , tropical , and anomalistic years . Physical constitution of the Sun. Its spots . Faculæ . Probable na- ture and cause of the spots . Atmosphere of the Sun. Its supposed clouds . Temperature at its surface . Its expenditure of ...
... Sidereal , tropical , and anomalistic years . Physical constitution of the Sun. Its spots . Faculæ . Probable na- ture and cause of the spots . Atmosphere of the Sun. Its supposed clouds . Temperature at its surface . Its expenditure of ...
Page xv
... SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY . CHAPTER XV . Of the fixed stars . Their classification by magnitudes . Photometric scale of magnitudes . Conventional or vulgar scale . Photometric comparison of stars . Distribution of stars over the heavens . Of ...
... SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY . CHAPTER XV . Of the fixed stars . Their classification by magnitudes . Photometric scale of magnitudes . Conventional or vulgar scale . Photometric comparison of stars . Distribution of stars over the heavens . Of ...
Page xvi
... sidereal system round a common centre . Systematic parallax and aberration . Effect of the motion of light in altering the apparent period of a binary star CHAPTER XVII . OF CLUSTERS OF STARS AND NEBULÆ . - Page 554 Of clustering groups ...
... sidereal system round a common centre . Systematic parallax and aberration . Effect of the motion of light in altering the apparent period of a binary star CHAPTER XVII . OF CLUSTERS OF STARS AND NEBULÆ . - Page 554 Of clustering groups ...
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