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... station in general . Parallactic motions . Terrestrial parallax . That of the stars insensible . First step towards forming an idea of the distance of the stars . Copernican view of the Earth's motion . Relative motion . Motions partly ...
... station in general . Parallactic motions . Terrestrial parallax . That of the stars insensible . First step towards forming an idea of the distance of the stars . Copernican view of the Earth's motion . Relative motion . Motions partly ...
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... STATION IN GENERAL . PARALLACTIC MOTIONS . - TERRESTRIAL PARAL- THAT OF THE STARS INSENSIBLE . FIRST STEP TO- WARDS FORMING AN IDEA OF THE DISTANCE OF THE STARS . LAX . - COPERNICAN VIEW OF THE EARTH'S MOTION . - T RELATIVE - GEO ...
... STATION IN GENERAL . PARALLACTIC MOTIONS . - TERRESTRIAL PARAL- THAT OF THE STARS INSENSIBLE . FIRST STEP TO- WARDS FORMING AN IDEA OF THE DISTANCE OF THE STARS . LAX . - COPERNICAN VIEW OF THE EARTH'S MOTION . - T RELATIVE - GEO ...
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... station from which we see all the rest , and as the only one among them to which we can , in the first instance , refer for any determinate marks and measures by which to recognize their changes of situation , or with which to compare ...
... station from which we see all the rest , and as the only one among them to which we can , in the first instance , refer for any determinate marks and measures by which to recognize their changes of situation , or with which to compare ...
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... station for its centre . That this line is really a circle , we conclude , first , from the perfect apparent ... stations at different elevations above various points of its surface , represented by a , g , m respectively . From each of ...
... station for its centre . That this line is really a circle , we conclude , first , from the perfect apparent ... stations at different elevations above various points of its surface , represented by a , g , m respectively . From each of ...
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... station M we were to adjust a line ( a wooden ruler for instance ) by a spirit - level , with perfect exactness ; then , if we suppose the direction of this line indefinitely prolonged both ways , as XMY , the line so drawn will be at ...
... station M we were to adjust a line ( a wooden ruler for instance ) by a spirit - level , with perfect exactness ; then , if we suppose the direction of this line indefinitely prolonged both ways , as XMY , the line so drawn will be at ...
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