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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... determined the position of 74,885 stars ; and astronomers in the northern hemisphere will soon possess an index , as it were , to every star likely to be used in their observations . The last report of the National Observatory of the ...
... determined the position of 74,885 stars ; and astronomers in the northern hemisphere will soon possess an index , as it were , to every star likely to be used in their observations . The last report of the National Observatory of the ...
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... determination of the telegraphic longitudes of Neuchâtel , Geneva , and Lyons . It will shortly undertake the determination of the longitude of Lisbon . Knobel's important work on the Chronology of Star Catalogues is mentioned under ...
... determination of the telegraphic longitudes of Neuchâtel , Geneva , and Lyons . It will shortly undertake the determination of the longitude of Lisbon . Knobel's important work on the Chronology of Star Catalogues is mentioned under ...
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... determine the solar parallax . The heliometer to be employed is the one used by Mr. Gill in the Transit of Venus Expedition of Lord Lindsay in 1874 , in which Juno was observed and the parallax 8.82 " deduced . This expedition is of ...
... determine the solar parallax . The heliometer to be employed is the one used by Mr. Gill in the Transit of Venus Expedition of Lord Lindsay in 1874 , in which Juno was observed and the parallax 8.82 " deduced . This expedition is of ...
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... determination of the solar parallax . The photographs of the transit of Venus obtained by the United States parties have been examined , and all those which were capable of measurement have been read off . They are as follows : Northern ...
... determination of the solar parallax . The photographs of the transit of Venus obtained by the United States parties have been examined , and all those which were capable of measurement have been read off . They are as follows : Northern ...
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... determining the solar parallax will receive new light by the publication of the re- sults of the heliometer measures of Juno by Lord Lindsay and Mr. Gill at Mauritius in 1874. The preliminary results . obtained show a surprising ...
... determining the solar parallax will receive new light by the publication of the re- sults of the heliometer measures of Juno by Lord Lindsay and Mr. Gill at Mauritius in 1874. The preliminary results . obtained show a surprising ...
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