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Page 121
... meridian , and an equal number about an hour later , when it was half an hour west of the meridian . As two hundred or more settings on other stars would ordinarily be made during this interval , it was believed that the second series ...
... meridian , and an equal number about an hour later , when it was half an hour west of the meridian . As two hundred or more settings on other stars would ordinarily be made during this interval , it was believed that the second series ...
Page iii
... meridian of the Transit - circle . The azimuth of the mark , from the meridian of the Transit - circle , assumed in the determination of the azimuthal errors given in Table III . has been 2 ′ 40 ′′ west . It would appear that the ...
... meridian of the Transit - circle . The azimuth of the mark , from the meridian of the Transit - circle , assumed in the determination of the azimuthal errors given in Table III . has been 2 ′ 40 ′′ west . It would appear that the ...
Page 10
... Meridian dential , over one dwelling unit per gross acre , and major industrial . Residential land would probably represent 75 % of the town of Meridian . The Regional Plan shows the banks of the Sacramento River as being classified as ...
... Meridian dential , over one dwelling unit per gross acre , and major industrial . Residential land would probably represent 75 % of the town of Meridian . The Regional Plan shows the banks of the Sacramento River as being classified as ...
Page xv
... Meridian and an Explication,” in a privately printed and circulated but unpublished collection that he considered a work in progress. Sepich made contact with other scholars in the now-grow- ing field of McCarthy studies, sharing his ...
... Meridian and an Explication,” in a privately printed and circulated but unpublished collection that he considered a work in progress. Sepich made contact with other scholars in the now-grow- ing field of McCarthy studies, sharing his ...
Page 14
... meridian upon the Coast Survey charts ; a meridian adopted by Mr. Hassler , the late superintendent . " Having no other point within the limits of the sur- vey astronomically determined , nor any fixed point in the United States from ...
... meridian upon the Coast Survey charts ; a meridian adopted by Mr. Hassler , the late superintendent . " Having no other point within the limits of the sur- vey astronomically determined , nor any fixed point in the United States from ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude angle aphelion appear Arcturus Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta blue bright star called Cassiopeia celestial Cepheus circle cluster comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter distant companion DOUBLE STAR Earth Earth's orbit east ecliptic equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma head heavens hemisphere Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude light longitude luminous Map VIII mean distance Mercury meridian miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly NEBULA node north pole northern Number of stars o'clock observed Orion pale yellow parallax pass perihelion period planet Pleiades polar position principal star Refracting telescopes refraction remarkable represented revolution revolve right ascension rising satellites Saturn seen shadow sidereal Sirius situated small stars solstice southern Sun's supposed surface Taurus TELESCOPIC OBJECTS TELESCOPIC OBJECTS.-Alpha tides tion triangle TRIPLE STAR Ursa Ursa Major Venus vernal equinox visible Zeta Zodiac