The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 70Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1868 - American literature |
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Page 246
... observed , since the tidal action of the sun depends on the dimensions of a planet ) , is likely to have a rotation - period all but absolute- ly constant . Herschel was rather unfortunate in his observations of Mars . Having ob- tained ...
... observed , since the tidal action of the sun depends on the dimensions of a planet ) , is likely to have a rotation - period all but absolute- ly constant . Herschel was rather unfortunate in his observations of Mars . Having ob- tained ...
Page 254
... observed by the naked eye , for Kepler is known to have mistaken one for a transit of Mercury . Nor is to be wondered at that these spots have not unfrequently been dis- tinguished by the eye , when we consider the enormous dimensions ...
... observed by the naked eye , for Kepler is known to have mistaken one for a transit of Mercury . Nor is to be wondered at that these spots have not unfrequently been dis- tinguished by the eye , when we consider the enormous dimensions ...
Page 257
... observations of sun - spots and the zodiacal light has never been carried out . It was observed , and , we think , demonstrated , by General Sabine , that the fluctuations , in corre- sponding periods , of the amount of varia- tion of ...
... observations of sun - spots and the zodiacal light has never been carried out . It was observed , and , we think , demonstrated , by General Sabine , that the fluctuations , in corre- sponding periods , of the amount of varia- tion of ...
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