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parati 79 , 754 museum um of Compar use Zsology MAY 2 1940 LIBRARY
Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1878 , by HARPER &
BROTHERS , In the Office of the Librarian of Congress , at Washington .
PREFACE .
parati 79 , 754 museum um of Compar use Zsology MAY 2 1940 LIBRARY
Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1878 , by HARPER &
BROTHERS , In the Office of the Librarian of Congress , at Washington .
PREFACE .
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5 magnitude , has actually become a planetary nebula , affording an instance of a
remarkable reversal of the process imagined by Laplace in his nebular theory .
Lord Lindsay ' s discovery is , according to Mr ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE ...
5 magnitude , has actually become a planetary nebula , affording an instance of a
remarkable reversal of the process imagined by Laplace in his nebular theory .
Lord Lindsay ' s discovery is , according to Mr ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE ...
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Spencer Fullerton Baird. Lord Lindsay ' s discovery is , according to Mr . Christie ,
of Greenwich , “ confirmed by an examination of drawings of the spectrum of this
star at five epochs between 1876 , Dec . 8 , and 1877 , March 2 , given by Dr ...
Spencer Fullerton Baird. Lord Lindsay ' s discovery is , according to Mr . Christie ,
of Greenwich , “ confirmed by an examination of drawings of the spectrum of this
star at five epochs between 1876 , Dec . 8 , and 1877 , March 2 , given by Dr ...
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A table is added in which the stars are arranged in classes according to the arc
through which they have moved since the earliest observation . Class I . contains
those stars which have moved through a complete revolution , and comprises 8 ...
A table is added in which the stars are arranged in classes according to the arc
through which they have moved since the earliest observation . Class I . contains
those stars which have moved through a complete revolution , and comprises 8 ...
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According to Christie , of Greenwich : “ Although there may be some small
corrections to be applied to the individual results for errors in the provisional
longitudes used , their amount can be but small , and it is hardly conceivable that
the mean ...
According to Christie , of Greenwich : “ Although there may be some small
corrections to be applied to the individual results for errors in the provisional
longitudes used , their amount can be but small , and it is hardly conceivable that
the mean ...
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