Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionThe Institution, 1881 |
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... distance of about a hundred miles reached the Gulf Stream , and explored it for a period of 12 to 14 hours , and returned to port on the succeeding night . The amount of life found along the west- * This vessel was designed by Mr. C. W. ...
... distance of about a hundred miles reached the Gulf Stream , and explored it for a period of 12 to 14 hours , and returned to port on the succeeding night . The amount of life found along the west- * This vessel was designed by Mr. C. W. ...
Halaman 189
... distances , wider pairs by double distances . By means of an artificial pair of stars it was found that the position angle had no appreciable influence on the meas- ures of distance , and that the two methods of measuring the distances ...
... distances , wider pairs by double distances . By means of an artificial pair of stars it was found that the position angle had no appreciable influence on the meas- ures of distance , and that the two methods of measuring the distances ...
Halaman 191
... distances and position angles observed since 1815 , and an angle of position from BRADLEY'S and W. HERSCHEL's measures . From these and the ratio of the sector to the time , formulæ for computing distance and position angle as functions ...
... distances and position angles observed since 1815 , and an angle of position from BRADLEY'S and W. HERSCHEL's measures . From these and the ratio of the sector to the time , formulæ for computing distance and position angle as functions ...
Halaman 197
... distances from the Sun , and of the decrease in intensity of the total light of the corona with increasing distance from the Sun , may inform us in what way the scattering matter is distributed in the solar atmosphere , what part of the ...
... distances from the Sun , and of the decrease in intensity of the total light of the corona with increasing distance from the Sun , may inform us in what way the scattering matter is distributed in the solar atmosphere , what part of the ...
Halaman 198
... distance of 20 ' from the Sun's edge . A single photograph was taken by Prof. HOLDEN's party , which ad- mirably supplements the others , as it begins where the others leave off and carries the picture of the corona out to 198 ASTRONOMY .
... distance of 20 ' from the Sun's edge . A single photograph was taken by Prof. HOLDEN's party , which ad- mirably supplements the others , as it begins where the others leave off and carries the picture of the corona out to 198 ASTRONOMY .
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