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... base line , the length of which he fixes according as the object is far off or near . If far off a large base line is chosen , if near he requires only a small one . At one end of the base line he then plants his theodolite , and looks ...
... base line , the length of which he fixes according as the object is far off or near . If far off a large base line is chosen , if near he requires only a small one . At one end of the base line he then plants his theodolite , and looks ...
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... base line to the length of his original base line according to the scale ; he then , by means of a circular or semi - circular scale with degrees marked on it in the same way as the theo- dolite disc , and referring to his notes with ...
... base line to the length of his original base line according to the scale ; he then , by means of a circular or semi - circular scale with degrees marked on it in the same way as the theo- dolite disc , and referring to his notes with ...
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... base line still more . As a matter of fact about 7,000 miles is as large a base line on the Earth's surface as we can get . Now we know the Sun is somewhere about 90,000,000 of miles off . It is obvious , therefore , that this base line ...
... base line still more . As a matter of fact about 7,000 miles is as large a base line on the Earth's surface as we can get . Now we know the Sun is somewhere about 90,000,000 of miles off . It is obvious , therefore , that this base line ...
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... Sun , and their tracks would make a sort of band across the Sun. Now the know- ledge of the length of our base line - in other words the distance between the two observers upon the face of the 14 The Transit of Venus .
... Sun , and their tracks would make a sort of band across the Sun. Now the know- ledge of the length of our base line - in other words the distance between the two observers upon the face of the 14 The Transit of Venus .
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... base line to be 7,000 miles long . Now if Venus were exactly half way between the Earth and the Sun , the width of the band would be exactly the same as the distance of the observers from each other , i.e. 7,000 miles . If she were ...
... base line to be 7,000 miles long . Now if Venus were exactly half way between the Earth and the Sun , the width of the band would be exactly the same as the distance of the observers from each other , i.e. 7,000 miles . If she were ...
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