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... Greenwich Observatory with this special object , to get observations of the moon in all phases . ] He also discovered other lunar equalities , and wanted to add another epicycle to the moon's orbit , but he feared that these would soon ...
... Greenwich Observatory with this special object , to get observations of the moon in all phases . ] He also discovered other lunar equalities , and wanted to add another epicycle to the moon's orbit , but he feared that these would soon ...
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... Greenwich Observatory ) , who have also predicted its next perihelion passage for April 8th to 16th , 1910 , and have traced back its history still farther , to 240 B.C. Already , in November , 1907 , the Astronomer Royal was trying to ...
... Greenwich Observatory ) , who have also predicted its next perihelion passage for April 8th to 16th , 1910 , and have traced back its history still farther , to 240 B.C. Already , in November , 1907 , the Astronomer Royal was trying to ...
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... , he started afresh , and left behind him a catalogue of 1,500 stars . Flamsteed began his duties at Greenwich Observatory , as first Astronomer Royal , in 1676 , with very poor instruments . In 1683 he put up a mural arc 78 OBSERVATION.
... , he started afresh , and left behind him a catalogue of 1,500 stars . Flamsteed began his duties at Greenwich Observatory , as first Astronomer Royal , in 1676 , with very poor instruments . In 1683 he put up a mural arc 78 OBSERVATION.
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... Greenwich star places have maintained the very highest accuracy . George Biddell Airy , Seventh Astronomer Royal , 1 commenced his Greenwich labours in 1835. His first and greatest reformation in the work of the observatory was one he ...
... Greenwich star places have maintained the very highest accuracy . George Biddell Airy , Seventh Astronomer Royal , 1 commenced his Greenwich labours in 1835. His first and greatest reformation in the work of the observatory was one he ...
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... Greenwich lunar observations have been a model and a standard for the whole world . Airy also undertook to superintend the reduction of all Greenwich lunar observations from 1750 to 1830 . The value of this laborious work , which was ...
... Greenwich lunar observations have been a model and a standard for the whole world . Airy also undertook to superintend the reduction of all Greenwich lunar observations from 1750 to 1830 . The value of this laborious work , which was ...
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