The Quarterly Review, Volume 38William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1828 - English literature |
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... Observations . By J. F. W. Herschel , Esq . , F.R.S. , and James South , Esq . , F.R.S. 2. Observations of the Apparent Distance and Positions of Four Hundred and Fifty - eight Double and Triple Stars , made in the years 1823 , 1824 ...
... Observations . By J. F. W. Herschel , Esq . , F.R.S. , and James South , Esq . , F.R.S. 2. Observations of the Apparent Distance and Positions of Four Hundred and Fifty - eight Double and Triple Stars , made in the years 1823 , 1824 ...
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... Observations . By J. F. W. Herschel , Esq . , F.R.S. , and James South , Esq . , F.R.S. London . 1825. pp . 424. And Phil . Trans , 1825 . part iii . 2. Observations of the Apparent Distance and Positions of Four Hundred and Fifty ...
... Observations . By J. F. W. Herschel , Esq . , F.R.S. , and James South , Esq . , F.R.S. London . 1825. pp . 424. And Phil . Trans , 1825 . part iii . 2. Observations of the Apparent Distance and Positions of Four Hundred and Fifty ...
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... observations of his predecessors , he resolved to repeat and to extend them . He ascertained the length of the tropical year ; he discovered the equation of time ; he fixed the lunar motions with great accuracy , and he determined the ...
... observations of his predecessors , he resolved to repeat and to extend them . He ascertained the length of the tropical year ; he discovered the equation of time ; he fixed the lunar motions with great accuracy , and he determined the ...
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... observations , for the great restorer of astronomy . Coper- nicus , who was born in 1473 , was not the author of any ... observation , and no stretch of mind was required to comprehend its principles or its details . It was now destined ...
... observations , for the great restorer of astronomy . Coper- nicus , who was born in 1473 , was not the author of any ... observation , and no stretch of mind was required to comprehend its principles or its details . It was now destined ...
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... observations of the Bishop of Cloyne . This distinguished astronomer has found that the star a Lyre has a pa- rallax of 1 " . , or , what is the same thing , that the radius of the earth's annual orbit would , if seen from that star ...
... observations of the Bishop of Cloyne . This distinguished astronomer has found that the star a Lyre has a pa- rallax of 1 " . , or , what is the same thing , that the radius of the earth's annual orbit would , if seen from that star ...
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