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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... point will be settled by meridian observations now in progress . The relative positions of the various stars of the group seem to have been unchanged since 1839. If , as is probable , the proper motion of the triple star is small ...
... point will be settled by meridian observations now in progress . The relative positions of the various stars of the group seem to have been unchanged since 1839. If , as is probable , the proper motion of the triple star is small ...
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... point of this im- portant discovery is the short period of the inner satellite , which is only one third as long as that of Mimas , the in- nermost satellite of Saturn , hitherto the object having the shortest period in the solar system ...
... point of this im- portant discovery is the short period of the inner satellite , which is only one third as long as that of Mimas , the in- nermost satellite of Saturn , hitherto the object having the shortest period in the solar system ...
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... point . They move in one orbit about the sun , in the same periodic time , but are about 180 ° apart . In the Smithsonian Report for 1876 Kirkwood has a sta- tistical paper on the asteroids , in which the distribution of their perihelia ...
... point . They move in one orbit about the sun , in the same periodic time , but are about 180 ° apart . In the Smithsonian Report for 1876 Kirkwood has a sta- tistical paper on the asteroids , in which the distribution of their perihelia ...
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... 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. Petersburg Academy has published a " Tableau général ...
... 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. Petersburg Academy has published a " Tableau général ...
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... directors of the vari- ous observatories of the United States , asking for informa- tion on the following points : First , the personnel of the observatory ; Second , ASTRONOMY .. 35 REPORTS OF AMERICAN OBSERVATORIES.
... directors of the vari- ous observatories of the United States , asking for informa- tion on the following points : First , the personnel of the observatory ; Second , ASTRONOMY .. 35 REPORTS OF AMERICAN OBSERVATORIES.
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