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... Star , with a view to the Determination of its Orbit ; by JONATHAN H. Lane , 42 VI . The true figure of the Earth .- ( Mädler's Review of Schu- bert's Essay on the Figure of the Earth ) , 46 VII . On the Transit Instrument as a ...
... Star , with a view to the Determination of its Orbit ; by JONATHAN H. Lane , 42 VI . The true figure of the Earth .- ( Mädler's Review of Schu- bert's Essay on the Figure of the Earth ) , 46 VII . On the Transit Instrument as a ...
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... Stars of August 9-10 , 1860 , 296 . Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence . - Fourteenth Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , 292. - List of papers presented to the Association , 299 . -Reclamation by Gov ...
... Stars of August 9-10 , 1860 , 296 . Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence . - Fourteenth Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , 292. - List of papers presented to the Association , 299 . -Reclamation by Gov ...
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... Star , with a view to the Determination of its Orbit ; by JONATHAN H. LANE . A tolerably accurate knowledge of the orbits of those meteors , or shooting stars , which may enter our atmosphere , would be of very high value in the ...
... Star , with a view to the Determination of its Orbit ; by JONATHAN H. LANE . A tolerably accurate knowledge of the orbits of those meteors , or shooting stars , which may enter our atmosphere , would be of very high value in the ...
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... star in any part of the field of view will traverse the circum- ference of a circle every twenty - fifth of a second , and the image of a shooting star will combine this motion with its motion of translation . If the photographic ...
... star in any part of the field of view will traverse the circum- ference of a circle every twenty - fifth of a second , and the image of a shooting star will combine this motion with its motion of translation . If the photographic ...
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... stars , and upon shooting stars themselves , we shall find ourselves in possession of sufficient photographic power , there is no reason why an organized system of observations should not be institu- ted . If the fact in regard to the ...
... stars , and upon shooting stars themselves , we shall find ourselves in possession of sufficient photographic power , there is no reason why an organized system of observations should not be institu- ted . If the fact in regard to the ...
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