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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... Methods .... Temperature and Diathermancy . Winds and Currents ... Pressure and Isobars . Precipitation , Clouds , etc. Storms .... Optical Phenomena . Electrical Phenomena . Relations with Sun - spots . Relations with Meteors ...
... Methods .... Temperature and Diathermancy . Winds and Currents ... Pressure and Isobars . Precipitation , Clouds , etc. Storms .... Optical Phenomena . Electrical Phenomena . Relations with Sun - spots . Relations with Meteors ...
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... methods will be followed by Schönfeld which were so successful formerly ; the equinox of 1855 is chosen as the fundamental one ; and almost the only changes are the adoption of a telescope of six inches aperture for the work , and a ...
... methods will be followed by Schönfeld which were so successful formerly ; the equinox of 1855 is chosen as the fundamental one ; and almost the only changes are the adoption of a telescope of six inches aperture for the work , and a ...
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... methods adopted are of value . Sir George Airy sends to 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 ...
... methods adopted are of value . Sir George Airy sends to 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 ...
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... tion of solar parallax may be had , as the method employed admits of great refinement . The support given to the ex- pedition is also noteworthy , as the Royal Astronomical So- ciety guarantees the expenses , £ 500 , and as ASTRONOMY . 15.
... tion of solar parallax may be had , as the method employed admits of great refinement . The support given to the ex- pedition is also noteworthy , as the Royal Astronomical So- ciety guarantees the expenses , £ 500 , and as ASTRONOMY . 15.
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... method , had been practically in vain , through the feeble support given by Northern observ- ers . Mr. Gill will also observe three of the asteroids for the determination of the solar parallax . The photographs of the transit of Venus ...
... method , had been practically in vain , through the feeble support given by Northern observ- ers . Mr. Gill will also observe three of the asteroids for the determination of the solar parallax . The photographs of the transit of Venus ...
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