Astronomical, Magnetic and Meteorological Observations Made at the United States Naval ObservatoryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1866 |
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Page 507 - TABLES for correcting the Apparent Distance of the Moon and a STAR or the Sun from the Effects of Refraction and Parallax, in 276 Sheets in folio.
Page xxvii - S being the sidereal time of observation, and a the right ascension of the Star. Table I contains the value of the second term (p cos A) or the first correction ; assuming, as mean values, p = 88
Page xxiv - The number of revolutions and parts of a revolution of the screw is noted, say 10' • 267 ; then wires 1 and 2 are placed in coincidence, and this zero-reading noted, say 5
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Page 502 - On the Theory of the Moon, and on the Perturbations of the Planets.
Page 502 - On the method of computing the longitude from an observed occultation of a fixed star by the moon, by Edward Riddle, Esq.
Page 508 - ... North West Passage, wherein the North West Coast of America and North East Coast of Asia were explored in His MAJESTY'S Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780, by Captain JAMES CooK.FRS Lieutenant JAMES KING, and Mr .WILLIAM BAYLY.