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The above result , for the Ashtabula time , compared with the timeobservations at
Chicago , of the 4th and 12th of August , to obtain the rate of mean solar
chronometer No . 141 , and applied to the following telegraphic signals , gives
the ...
The above result , for the Ashtabula time , compared with the timeobservations at
Chicago , of the 4th and 12th of August , to obtain the rate of mean solar
chronometer No . 141 , and applied to the following telegraphic signals , gives
the ...
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35 N . The sky was so much clouded to the north , all night , that I could obtain no
more than ten observations on Polaris , and B ... It was only by watching the sky
until an hour and a half past midnight , that the above result could be obtained .
35 N . The sky was so much clouded to the north , all night , that I could obtain no
more than ten observations on Polaris , and B ... It was only by watching the sky
until an hour and a half past midnight , that the above result could be obtained .
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... from the astronomical station whose position is above given , we obtain the
positions of other stations , serving as permanent points of reference , in Fulton ,
as follows , viz .POSITIONS IN THE CITY OF YULTON , ILLINOIS . | Longitude. 70
.
... from the astronomical station whose position is above given , we obtain the
positions of other stations , serving as permanent points of reference , in Fulton ,
as follows , viz .POSITIONS IN THE CITY OF YULTON , ILLINOIS . | Longitude. 70
.
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By triangulation from our observing station at Albany , and an observed azimuth
of Polaris to obtain the true meridian , we derive the position of Camanche , as
follows , viz .Longitude west from Greenwich . POSITIONS IN CAMANCHE ,
IOWA .
By triangulation from our observing station at Albany , and an observed azimuth
of Polaris to obtain the true meridian , we derive the position of Camanche , as
follows , viz .Longitude west from Greenwich . POSITIONS IN CAMANCHE ,
IOWA .
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Thus we have to depend upon five days run of chronometer No . 141 , to obtain
its rate to be applied to the observations of February 27th , in order to get the
Chicago mean solar time of the signals of the 1st of March . Determination of ...
Thus we have to depend upon five days run of chronometer No . 141 , to obtain
its rate to be applied to the observations of February 27th , in order to get the
Chicago mean solar time of the signals of the 1st of March . Determination of ...
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| Назва | Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Томи 7 – 8 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, American Philosophical Society |
| Автор | American Philosophical Society |
| Видавець | American Philosophical Society., 1861 |
| Оригінал із | Мічиганський університет |
| Оцифровано | 31 жов. 2005 |
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