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... given . The remarkable discovery of an additional ring of Saturn , and the curious researches of M. Peters on the proper motion of Sirius , with several minor features , are noticed . Where such additions are intro- duced in the text ...
... given . The remarkable discovery of an additional ring of Saturn , and the curious researches of M. Peters on the proper motion of Sirius , with several minor features , are noticed . Where such additions are intro- duced in the text ...
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... 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 the Planetary System III . Synoptic ...
... 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 the Planetary System III . Synoptic ...
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... given body of knowledge to the mind in as great a variety of dif ferent lights as possible . It is a property of illustrations of this kind to strike no two minds in the same manner , or with the same force ; because no two minds are ...
... given body of knowledge to the mind in as great a variety of dif ferent lights as possible . It is a property of illustrations of this kind to strike no two minds in the same manner , or with the same force ; because no two minds are ...
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... given horizontal surface , confirms this impression , and affords a direct measure of the rate of diminution of the quantity of air which a given space includes as we recede from the surface . From its indications we learn , that when ...
... given horizontal surface , confirms this impression , and affords a direct measure of the rate of diminution of the quantity of air which a given space includes as we recede from the surface . From its indications we learn , that when ...
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... given , in arts . 39 and 40 , of the nature of atmospheric refraction , and the mode in which it is produced in the progress of a ray of light through successive strata , or layers , of the atmosphere , it will be evident , that ...
... given , in arts . 39 and 40 , of the nature of atmospheric refraction , and the mode in which it is produced in the progress of a ray of light through successive strata , or layers , of the atmosphere , it will be evident , that ...
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Outlines of Astronomy John Frederick William Herschel,Sir John Frederick William Herschel Повний перегляд - 1851 |
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