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... Moon's distance involves no prin- ciple more abstruse than the measure of the distance of a tree on the opposite bank of a river . The principles of construction of the best Astronomical instruments are as simple and as closely referred ...
... Moon's distance involves no prin- ciple more abstruse than the measure of the distance of a tree on the opposite bank of a river . The principles of construction of the best Astronomical instruments are as simple and as closely referred ...
Σελίδα 67
... moon is a long way off . There are phenomena ob- served frequently , in the interpretation of which there can be no ... moon's orbit is about 60 times the breadth of the earth . Therefore the moon is distant from us by about 30 times ...
... moon is a long way off . There are phenomena ob- served frequently , in the interpretation of which there can be no ... moon's orbit is about 60 times the breadth of the earth . Therefore the moon is distant from us by about 30 times ...
Σελίδα 117
... Moon's Parallax and Distance.- Methods of finding the Sun's Parallax by Transits of Venus across the Sun's Disc . - Causes of failure of other methods . N the course of the present lecture I shall depart completely from that part of ...
... Moon's Parallax and Distance.- Methods of finding the Sun's Parallax by Transits of Venus across the Sun's Disc . - Causes of failure of other methods . N the course of the present lecture I shall depart completely from that part of ...
Σελίδα 142
... moon's place with reference to the centre of the earth . Now , in Figure 40 , it will be seen that the moon , if ... moon's parallax at Greenwich . In like manner , the angle EMC is the moon's parallax at the Cape of Good Hope ; and ...
... moon's place with reference to the centre of the earth . Now , in Figure 40 , it will be seen that the moon , if ... moon's parallax at Greenwich . In like manner , the angle EMC is the moon's parallax at the Cape of Good Hope ; and ...
Σελίδα 143
... moon's distance , and knowing the method of com- puting the parallax , it is necessary to apply that com- puted parallax to every observation made , in order to find the position of the moon as seen from the centre of the earth . Now ...
... moon's distance , and knowing the method of com- puting the parallax , it is necessary to apply that com- puted parallax to every observation made , in order to find the position of the moon as seen from the centre of the earth . Now ...
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Popular Astronomy: A Series of Lectures Delivered at Ipswich George Biddell Airy Πλήρης προβολή - 1868 |
Popular Astronomy: A Series of Lectures Delivered at Ipswich George Biddell Airy Πλήρης προβολή - 1868 |
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