Outlines of AstronomyLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, 1851 - 661 sider |
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... periods , etc. Dimensions and form of their orbits . Transits across the Sun. Superior planets . Their distances , periods , etc. Kepler's laws and their interpretation . Elliptic elements of a planet's orbit . Its heliocentric and ...
... periods , etc. Dimensions and form of their orbits . Transits across the Sun. Superior planets . Their distances , periods , etc. Kepler's laws and their interpretation . Elliptic elements of a planet's orbit . Its heliocentric and ...
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... period of a binary star CHAPTER XVII . OF CLUSTERS OF STARS AND NEBULÆ . - Page 554 Of clustering groups of stars . Globular clusters . Their stability dyna- mically possible . List of the most remarkable . Classification of nebulæ and ...
... period of a binary star CHAPTER XVII . OF CLUSTERS OF STARS AND NEBULÆ . - Page 554 Of clustering groups of stars . Globular clusters . Their stability dyna- mically possible . List of the most remarkable . Classification of nebulæ and ...
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... period of life , will find not only that he has much to learn , but much also to un- learn . Familiar objects and events are far from presenting themselves to our senses in that aspect and with those con- nections under which science ...
... period of life , will find not only that he has much to learn , but much also to un- learn . Familiar objects and events are far from presenting themselves to our senses in that aspect and with those con- nections under which science ...
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... period , viz . a day , or 24 hours . But no sooner do we come to examine the matter instrumentally , i . e . by noting , by time- keepers , their successive arrivals on the meridian , than we find differences which cannot be accounted ...
... period , viz . a day , or 24 hours . But no sooner do we come to examine the matter instrumentally , i . e . by noting , by time- keepers , their successive arrivals on the meridian , than we find differences which cannot be accounted ...
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... period , and if not , can ascertain and allow for its rate . Thus , although his clock may not , and indeed cannot , either be set correctly , or go truly , yet by applying its error and rate ( as they are technically termed ) , he can ...
... period , and if not , can ascertain and allow for its rate . Thus , although his clock may not , and indeed cannot , either be set correctly , or go truly , yet by applying its error and rate ( as they are technically termed ) , he can ...
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Outlines of Astronomy John Frederick William Herschel,Sir John Frederick William Herschel Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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