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... .. .. Page 241 43 Heavenly Bodies , Parallax of , .... 293 Monoceros , the Unicorn , ......... 71 38 Moon ,. 41 Moon - Harvest and Horizontal , ... .. 283 Meteoric Showers , Professor Olm- 116 Refraction , .. 243 Sextans , the Sextant ...
... .. .. Page 241 43 Heavenly Bodies , Parallax of , .... 293 Monoceros , the Unicorn , ......... 71 38 Moon ,. 41 Moon - Harvest and Horizontal , ... .. 283 Meteoric Showers , Professor Olm- 116 Refraction , .. 243 Sextans , the Sextant ...
Page 118
... parallax , while the earth moved from one extremity of its orbit to the other ; or which is the same , to determine whether the nearest fixed stars are situated at such an immense distance from the earth , that any star which is seen ...
... parallax , while the earth moved from one extremity of its orbit to the other ; or which is the same , to determine whether the nearest fixed stars are situated at such an immense distance from the earth , that any star which is seen ...
Page 140
... parallax . His attention was , however soon arrested by the new and unexpected phenomena which these bodies pre sented . Sir William observed of thein , in all , 2400. Sir James South and Her schel have given a catalogue of 380 in the ...
... parallax . His attention was , however soon arrested by the new and unexpected phenomena which these bodies pre sented . Sir William observed of thein , in all , 2400. Sir James South and Her schel have given a catalogue of 380 in the ...
Page 155
... parallax does not exceed the four thousandth part of a de- gree , or a single second ; so that , if the whole great ... parallax to some of the fixed stars ; yet , as to the Father of Lights , view him from whatever point of his Empire ...
... parallax does not exceed the four thousandth part of a de- gree , or a single second ; so that , if the whole great ... parallax to some of the fixed stars ; yet , as to the Father of Lights , view him from whatever point of his Empire ...
Page 156
... parallax of a star were accurately known , it would be easy to compute its distance by the following rule : As the sine of the star's parallax : Is to radius , or ninety degrees :: So is the Earth's distance from the sun : To the star's ...
... parallax of a star were accurately known , it would be easy to compute its distance by the following rule : As the sine of the star's parallax : Is to radius , or ninety degrees :: So is the Earth's distance from the sun : To the star's ...
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