A New Star Atlas for the Library, the School, and the Observatory: In Twelve Circular MapsLongmans, Green, 1872 - 27 páginas |
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... portions of a globe must necessarily be somewhat distorted . The larger the portion , the greater will be the distortion . Yet we must not divide the celestial globe into too many parts to form a celestial atlas ; because if we do , the ...
... portions of a globe must necessarily be somewhat distorted . The larger the portion , the greater will be the distortion . Yet we must not divide the celestial globe into too many parts to form a celestial atlas ; because if we do , the ...
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... portion of the heavens . * It will be suffi- They are described , and their principal properties compared , in my Handbook of the Stars . The properties of the gnomonic projection as But the cient to note that the plan employed in JO A ...
... portion of the heavens . * It will be suffi- They are described , and their principal properties compared , in my Handbook of the Stars . The properties of the gnomonic projection as But the cient to note that the plan employed in JO A ...
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... portion of the heavens , but is scarcely discern- ible save by practiced eyes . † FIG . 5 . αα applied to the mode of ... portions into which the star - sphere is divided . The following facts serve to illustrate the advantages possessed ...
... portion of the heavens , but is scarcely discern- ible save by practiced eyes . † FIG . 5 . αα applied to the mode of ... portions into which the star - sphere is divided . The following facts serve to illustrate the advantages possessed ...
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... portions of the sphere . * There still remains some choice as to the adjustment of northern and southern polar maps , and with them the remaining ten maps , but practically the choice rests between two positions . There is a certain ...
... portions of the sphere . * There still remains some choice as to the adjustment of northern and southern polar maps , and with them the remaining ten maps , but practically the choice rests between two positions . There is a certain ...
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... portion of the sphere is shown . * A careful comparison of the portions numbered from 1 to 12 in the index - plates with the corresponding maps in the atlas John Herschel went over the maps seriatim , coming to the conclusion that the ...
... portion of the sphere is shown . * A careful comparison of the portions numbered from 1 to 12 in the index - plates with the corresponding maps in the atlas John Herschel went over the maps seriatim , coming to the conclusion that the ...
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21 Piazzi angles Aquila Arrows indicate astronomical Auriga Author Boötes Camelus Canis Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus CETUS circles constellations Crown 8vo Cygnus Dictionary distortion Draco due north due south Dunlop Ecliptic Encyclopædia English Equator Equinoctial Colure ERIDANUS Essays Gemini globe Gnomonic heavens Hercules Herschel HYDRA Illustrations index-map index-plates indicate the Precessional JOHN TYNDALL Lectures Leo Minor Litho Lynx Lyra Map 9 Midnight motion for 100 Nebula night northern numbers OPHIUCHUS Orion Perseus Plates point overhead polar map pole portions Portrait position Post 8vo Precessional motion present atlas price 12s PROCTOR Qa Qi Quintuple recognise revised round Ru Ru Ru?-Suspected Red Second Edition Serpens seven stars Solstitial Colure Square crown 8vo Star Atlas star-groups star-sphere Stars which rise Struve student Suspected Binary Taurus Third Edition tion Treatise Trinary Triple h twelve maps Ursa Major Ursa Minor vols Wood Woodcuts
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