Outlines of AstronomyLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, 1851 - 661 pages |
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... 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 instrument . Of ...
... 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 instrument . Of ...
Page xii
... solar radation CHAPTER VII . - 205 Of the Moon . Its sidereal period . Its apparent diameter . Its parallax , distance , and real diameter . First approximation to its orbit . An ellipse about the Earth in the focus . Its excentricity ...
... solar radation CHAPTER VII . - 205 Of the Moon . Its sidereal period . Its apparent diameter . Its parallax , distance , and real diameter . First approximation to its orbit . An ellipse about the Earth in the focus . Its excentricity ...
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... SOLAR SYSTEM . · 264 Apparent motions of the planets . Their stations and retrogradations . The Sun their natural centre of motion . Inferior planets . Their phases , periods , etc. Dimensions and form of their orbits . Transits across ...
... SOLAR SYSTEM . · 264 Apparent motions of the planets . Their stations and retrogradations . The Sun their natural centre of motion . Inferior planets . Their phases , periods , etc. Dimensions and form of their orbits . Transits across ...
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... Sanguine stars . Proper motion of the stars . Partly accounted for by a real motion of the Sun. Situa- tion of the solar apex . Agreement of southern and northern stars in giving the same result . Principles on which the CONTENTS . XV.
... Sanguine stars . Proper motion of the stars . Partly accounted for by a real motion of the Sun. Situa- tion of the solar apex . Agreement of southern and northern stars in giving the same result . Principles on which the CONTENTS . XV.
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... solar day affected by precession . Incommensurability of the day and year . Its incon- venience . How obviated . The Julian Calendar . Irregularities at its first introduction . Reformed by Augustus . Gregorian reformation . Solar and ...
... solar day affected by precession . Incommensurability of the day and year . Its incon- venience . How obviated . The Julian Calendar . Irregularities at its first introduction . Reformed by Augustus . Gregorian reformation . Solar and ...
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