The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1996 - Science |
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Page 265
... minutes and 30 seconds . At 31 minutes , 13 seconds , after 6 in the morning of December 10 , ( civil reckoning at Altona , ) Professor Schumacher , at the Observatory of Altona , determined its right ascension to be 13 hours , 43 ...
... minutes and 30 seconds . At 31 minutes , 13 seconds , after 6 in the morning of December 10 , ( civil reckoning at Altona , ) Professor Schumacher , at the Observatory of Altona , determined its right ascension to be 13 hours , 43 ...
Page 266
... minutes . Reiterated observations convinced him that it had , in the mean time , advanced towards the sun's limb to the extent of two minutes and 30 seconds . At three minutes after 9 , when M. Decuppis attempted to make a new ...
... minutes . Reiterated observations convinced him that it had , in the mean time , advanced towards the sun's limb to the extent of two minutes and 30 seconds . At three minutes after 9 , when M. Decuppis attempted to make a new ...
Page 268
... minutes after nine , and two minutes after midnight , 165 shooting stars were not only seen , but their flights amongst the fixed stars , and their disappearances , to the nearest tenth of a second , registered . Between five minutes ...
... minutes after nine , and two minutes after midnight , 165 shooting stars were not only seen , but their flights amongst the fixed stars , and their disappearances , to the nearest tenth of a second , registered . Between five minutes ...
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ration of this volume has not induced us to overestimate | 43 |
ENGRAVINGS | 176 |
Present State of the Thames Tunnel Face Title | 196 |
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