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... length will become a tangent to the sphere at is the line ry . ( 23. ) This explains what is meant by the dip of the hor Mm , which is perpendicular to the general surface of sphere at m , is also the direction in which a plumb - line ...
... length will become a tangent to the sphere at is the line ry . ( 23. ) This explains what is meant by the dip of the hor Mm , which is perpendicular to the general surface of sphere at m , is also the direction in which a plumb - line ...
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... length will become a tangent to the sphere at m , as is the line xy . ( 23. ) This explains what is meant by the dip of the horizon . Mm , which is perpendicular to the general surface of the sphere at m , is also the direction in which ...
... length will become a tangent to the sphere at m , as is the line xy . ( 23. ) This explains what is meant by the dip of the horizon . Mm , which is perpendicular to the general surface of the sphere at m , is also the direction in which ...
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... length the whole disappears : while yet the distinctness with which the last portion of the sail d is seen is such as to satisfy us that were it not for the interposed segment of the sea , ABCDE , the distance TE is not so great as to ...
... length the whole disappears : while yet the distinctness with which the last portion of the sail d is seen is such as to satisfy us that were it not for the interposed segment of the sea , ABCDE , the distance TE is not so great as to ...
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... length of the arch C of the circle between D and b , — viz . half the measured interval , and b B , the excess of its secant above its radius which is the height of B , data which , by the solution . of an easy geometrical problem ...
... length of the arch C of the circle between D and b , — viz . half the measured interval , and b B , the excess of its secant above its radius which is the height of B , data which , by the solution . of an easy geometrical problem ...
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... length remains the same . The dilated size ( generally ) of the sun or moon , when seen near the horizon , beyond what they appear to have when high up in the sky , has nothing to do with refraction . It is an illusion of the judgment ...
... length remains the same . The dilated size ( generally ) of the sun or moon , when seen near the horizon , beyond what they appear to have when high up in the sky , has nothing to do with refraction . It is an illusion of the judgment ...
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Outlines of Astronomy John Frederick William Herschel,Sir John Frederick William Herschel Повний перегляд - 1851 |
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