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... tion , and that if such were the case , it would be also exceedingly agreeable to myself , that the regulations for the attendance upon the Lectures should be framed in such a way as to give facilities of introduction to persons ...
... tion , and that if such were the case , it would be also exceedingly agreeable to myself , that the regulations for the attendance upon the Lectures should be framed in such a way as to give facilities of introduction to persons ...
Side 3
... tion with one of the mechanical establishments in the town , for another instrument of considerable importance in astronomical observations . To this I may add , that the whole of Astronomy is geometrical in its character , and that a ...
... tion with one of the mechanical establishments in the town , for another instrument of considerable importance in astronomical observations . To this I may add , that the whole of Astronomy is geometrical in its character , and that a ...
Side 5
... describes such a course as the following . It rises somewhere in the east , in the sloping direc- tion I have described ; it continues to rise with a path becoming more and more horizontal , till it reaches LECTURE I.
... describes such a course as the following . It rises somewhere in the east , in the sloping direc- tion I have described ; it continues to rise with a path becoming more and more horizontal , till it reaches LECTURE I.
Side 10
... tion in the position of the telescope in relation to the axis , the telescope will follow the star from its rising to its setting . And it is the same wherever the star may be , whether near the Pole , ( in which case the telescope is ...
... tion in the position of the telescope in relation to the axis , the telescope will follow the star from its rising to its setting . And it is the same wherever the star may be , whether near the Pole , ( in which case the telescope is ...
Side 18
... tion of this too great elevation of the stars . Taking as foundation the established law of optics , deter- mined by experiments on glass and water , and computing from this what ought to be the deflection of light , and what ought to ...
... tion of this too great elevation of the stars . Taking as foundation the established law of optics , deter- mined by experiments on glass and water , and computing from this what ought to be the deflection of light , and what ought to ...
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