The Quarterly Review, Volume 92William 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, 1852 - English literature |
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Page 99
... observation . Equally essential was it to assure the identity of the objects seen ; for which recourse was had to the exact time of appearance , as well as to the apparent brilliancy , swiftness , and length of train of each star ...
... observation . Equally essential was it to assure the identity of the objects seen ; for which recourse was had to the exact time of appearance , as well as to the apparent brilliancy , swiftness , and length of train of each star ...
Page 100
... observations manquées on en achète une seule qui réussit . ' During the remainder of the period we have named , similar ... observation was at once recognised . Sporadic shooting - stars are observed to traverse the sky in all directions ...
... observations manquées on en achète une seule qui réussit . ' During the remainder of the period we have named , similar ... observation was at once recognised . Sporadic shooting - stars are observed to traverse the sky in all directions ...
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... observations by M. Coulvier - Gravier , in which latterly the writer himself took an important share . We prefer such ... observation . number would doubtless have been much greater but for the inter- ference of the moon , which , when ...
... observations by M. Coulvier - Gravier , in which latterly the writer himself took an important share . We prefer such ... observation . number would doubtless have been much greater but for the inter- ference of the moon , which , when ...
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Humboldts Cosmos | 3 |
Handbook to the Antiquities in the British Museum | 157 |
of Westminster | 182 |
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