The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge : Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Elegant Engravings. N - R. 5Longman, 1809 - 680 pages |
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... parallax of heavenly bodies . See PARALLAX . The parallactic angle , of a star , & c . is the difference of the angles C EA ( Plate Para- bola , & c . fig . 11 ) BTA , under which its true and apparent distance from the zenith is seen ...
... parallax of heavenly bodies . See PARALLAX . The parallactic angle , of a star , & c . is the difference of the angles C EA ( Plate Para- bola , & c . fig . 11 ) BTA , under which its true and apparent distance from the zenith is seen ...
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... parallax of the star , or other pheno- menon . If the star rise higher above the horizon to M , its true place visible from the centre is P , and its apparent place N ... PARALLAX , annual , the change of the apparent place PARALLAX .
... parallax of the star , or other pheno- menon . If the star rise higher above the horizon to M , its true place visible from the centre is P , and its apparent place N ... PARALLAX , annual , the change of the apparent place PARALLAX .
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... PARALLAX , annual , the change of the apparent place of a heavenly body , which is caused by being viewed from the earth in different parts of its orbit round the sun . The annual parallax of all the planets is found very considerable ...
... PARALLAX , annual , the change of the apparent place of a heavenly body , which is caused by being viewed from the earth in different parts of its orbit round the sun . The annual parallax of all the planets is found very considerable ...
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... 19,614,648 French feet . If we divide this number by the tangent of the solar parallax , we obtain the mean radius of the Earth's orbit expressed in feet . The 1479560.5 1 effect of the attraction of the Earth at PLA PLA.
... 19,614,648 French feet . If we divide this number by the tangent of the solar parallax , we obtain the mean radius of the Earth's orbit expressed in feet . The 1479560.5 1 effect of the attraction of the Earth at PLA PLA.
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... parallax Hence the masses of the • 1040 Sun and Earth are to each other as the numbers 1479560.5 and 4.486113 ; there- fore the mass of the Earth is that 329809 ' of the Sun being unity . M. de la Place calculated the masses of Mars and ...
... parallax Hence the masses of the • 1040 Sun and Earth are to each other as the numbers 1479560.5 and 4.486113 ; there- fore the mass of the Earth is that 329809 ' of the Sun being unity . M. de la Place calculated the masses of Mars and ...
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