Annual Record of Science and Industry, 7. köideSpencer Fullerton Baird Harper & Brothers, 1878 Annual record for 1874-78 contains "Select works on science published during 1874-78." |
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... Nature a list of thirty - seven ancient eclipses which have been computed by Hind , and of which the original manuscript calculations are preserved at the Royal Observatory . The earliest of these is B.C. 885 , the latest A.D. 1652 ...
... Nature a list of thirty - seven ancient eclipses which have been computed by Hind , and of which the original manuscript calculations are preserved at the Royal Observatory . The earliest of these is B.C. 885 , the latest A.D. 1652 ...
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... Nature , of January 18 , that the measurements of the French photographs of the transit of Venus is not progressing favorably , unforeseen difficulties having arisen . Only forty - seven out of one thousand have been measured . All the ...
... Nature , of January 18 , that the measurements of the French photographs of the transit of Venus is not progressing favorably , unforeseen difficulties having arisen . Only forty - seven out of one thousand have been measured . All the ...
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... Nature ( April 19 ) , who says : " The case is a very curious one , and possibly unique of its kind : similarity of elements at three epochs separated by very nearly equal intervals ; and on the as- sumption of a corresponding period of ...
... Nature ( April 19 ) , who says : " The case is a very curious one , and possibly unique of its kind : similarity of elements at three epochs separated by very nearly equal intervals ; and on the as- sumption of a corresponding period of ...
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... nature of the planets , etc. , photographic researches of all kinds and photographic registration of sun - spots . The ob- servatory is managed by a " Direction " of three members -Auwers , Förster , and Kirchhoff . At present there are ...
... nature of the planets , etc. , photographic researches of all kinds and photographic registration of sun - spots . The ob- servatory is managed by a " Direction " of three members -Auwers , Förster , and Kirchhoff . At present there are ...
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... Nature , it gives the times of occurrence and the points of first and last appearance of 13,000 meteors , followed by a partial discussion of the results and by a catalogue of radiant points . ASTRONOMICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY . The St ...
... Nature , it gives the times of occurrence and the points of first and last appearance of 13,000 meteors , followed by a partial discussion of the results and by a catalogue of radiant points . ASTRONOMICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY . The St ...
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