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Page 83
... their discovery with the thirty-inch reflector (erected in 1897); and while doing
so Mr. Melotte made, in 1908, the splendid discovery on some of the
photographic plates of an eighth satellite of Jupiter, at an enormous distance from
the planet.
... their discovery with the thirty-inch reflector (erected in 1897); and while doing
so Mr. Melotte made, in 1908, the splendid discovery on some of the
photographic plates of an eighth satellite of Jupiter, at an enormous distance from
the planet.
Page 89
At Greenwich there is the 28-inch photographic refractor, and the Thompson
equatoreal by Grubb, carrying both the 26-inch photographic refractor and the 30
-inch reflector. At the Cape of Good Hope we find Mr. Frank McClean's 24-inch ...
At Greenwich there is the 28-inch photographic refractor, and the Thompson
equatoreal by Grubb, carrying both the 26-inch photographic refractor and the 30
-inch reflector. At the Cape of Good Hope we find Mr. Frank McClean's 24-inch ...
Page 140
This led Admiral Mouchez to support the brothers Henry in their scheme.1 Gill,
having got his own photographic work under way, suggested an international
astrographic chart, the materials for different zones to be supplied by observa-
Great ...
This led Admiral Mouchez to support the brothers Henry in their scheme.1 Gill,
having got his own photographic work under way, suggested an international
astrographic chart, the materials for different zones to be supplied by observa-
Great ...
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Contents
Ancient AstronomyChinese and Chaldeans | 7 |
Ancient Greek Astronomy | 13 |
The Reign of Epicycles From Ptolemy | 23 |
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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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