Outlines of AstronomyLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, 1851 - 661 стор. |
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... calculating the days elapsed between given Dates . Equinoctial time . APPENDIX . I. Lists of Northern and Southern Stars , with their approximate Magnitudes , on the Vulgar and Photometric Scales II . Synoptic Table of the Elements of ...
... calculating the days elapsed between given Dates . Equinoctial time . APPENDIX . I. Lists of Northern and Southern Stars , with their approximate Magnitudes , on the Vulgar and Photometric Scales II . Synoptic Table of the Elements of ...
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John Frederick William Herschel. ideas his calculations have called up , and exhausting his ima- gination and the powers of his language to devise similes and metaphors illustrative of the immensity of the scale on which his universe is ...
John Frederick William Herschel. ideas his calculations have called up , and exhausting his ima- gination and the powers of his language to devise similes and metaphors illustrative of the immensity of the scale on which his universe is ...
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... calculation , however , founded on our experimental knowledge of the properties of air , and the mechanical laws which regulate its dilatation and compression , is sufficient to show that , at an altitude above the surface of the earth ...
... calculation , however , founded on our experimental knowledge of the properties of air , and the mechanical laws which regulate its dilatation and compression , is sufficient to show that , at an altitude above the surface of the earth ...
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... , with referring the reader to works especially destined to * From an Arabic word of this signification . See this term technically defined in Chap . II . furnish these useful aids to calculation . It is , REFRACTION . 29.
... , with referring the reader to works especially destined to * From an Arabic word of this signification . See this term technically defined in Chap . II . furnish these useful aids to calculation . It is , REFRACTION . 29.
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John Frederick William Herschel. furnish these useful aids to calculation . It is , however , de- sirable that he should bear in mind the following general notions of its amount , and law of variations . ( 43. ) 1st . In the zenith there ...
John Frederick William Herschel. furnish these useful aids to calculation . It is , however , de- sirable that he should bear in mind the following general notions of its amount , and law of variations . ( 43. ) 1st . In the zenith there ...
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Outlines of Astronomy John Frederick William Herschel,Sir John Frederick William Herschel Повний перегляд - 1851 |
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