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Page 97
But it was R . C . Carrington who , by his continuous observations at Redhill , in
Surrey , established the remarkable fact that , while the rotation period in the
highest latitudes , 50° , where spots are seen , is twenty - seven - and - a - half
days ...
But it was R . C . Carrington who , by his continuous observations at Redhill , in
Surrey , established the remarkable fact that , while the rotation period in the
highest latitudes , 50° , where spots are seen , is twenty - seven - and - a - half
days ...
Page 124
The period favoured by H . A . Newton was 35472 days ; another suggestion was
37572 days , and another 334 years . He noticed that the advance of the date of
the shower between 902 and 1833 , at the rate of one day in seventy years ...
The period favoured by H . A . Newton was 35472 days ; another suggestion was
37572 days , and another 334 years . He noticed that the advance of the date of
the shower between 902 and 1833 , at the rate of one day in seventy years ...
Page 134
The shortest period he found was eleven years ( K Pegasi ) . In the case of some
of these binaries the parallax has been measured , from which it appears that in
four of the surest cases the orbits are about the size of the orbit of Uranus , these
...
The shortest period he found was eleven years ( K Pegasi ) . In the case of some
of these binaries the parallax has been measured , from which it appears that in
four of the surest cases the orbits are about the size of the orbit of Uranus , these
...
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Contents
ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY | 3 |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY | 46 |
NEWTONS SUCCESSORS HALLEY EULER | 60 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Astronomy The history of science series |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Watts, 1921 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 150 pages |
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