Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... Observed D Base - line Values and Values Adopted for Same Dates . ( 13 ° East plus tabular minutes ) Date No. of No. Observed Adopted Date Sets of Sets Observed Adopted Date No. of Observed Adopted Sets 1931 Jan. 1931 1 1 1932 T 1 Feb ...
... Observed D Base - line Values and Values Adopted for Same Dates . ( 13 ° East plus tabular minutes ) Date No. of No. Observed Adopted Date Sets of Sets Observed Adopted Date No. of Observed Adopted Sets 1931 Jan. 1931 1 1 1932 T 1 Feb ...
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... observed above and below on the same day ) , the just number is not completed . The other stars observed are principally : Stars remaining from the lists of former years , consisting chiefly of Stars compared with Comets observed with ...
... observed above and below on the same day ) , the just number is not completed . The other stars observed are principally : Stars remaining from the lists of former years , consisting chiefly of Stars compared with Comets observed with ...
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... Observed Transit ... ... Mean R.A. } for 12m read 13m 1096 B.A.C. ..... ... 18 Observed Transit 21m 26m ... ... Mean R.A. 20m B Columbæ .... € Orionis B Columbæ .... 4845 B.A.C ...... D 2d L .......... 5579 B.A.C. 110 Herculis ...
... Observed Transit ... ... Mean R.A. } for 12m read 13m 1096 B.A.C. ..... ... 18 Observed Transit 21m 26m ... ... Mean R.A. 20m B Columbæ .... € Orionis B Columbæ .... 4845 B.A.C ...... D 2d L .......... 5579 B.A.C. 110 Herculis ...
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... observed . When , as not unfrequently happens , the times of transit across all the wires cannot be observed , a correction is necessary for reducing the mean of the observed times to the time of transit over the mean of all the wires ...
... observed . When , as not unfrequently happens , the times of transit across all the wires cannot be observed , a correction is necessary for reducing the mean of the observed times to the time of transit over the mean of all the wires ...
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... observed in the year 1843 , with the Greenwich Mean Solar Times of transit of centre . The concluded Right ... observed , ' and that the concluded R.A. of centre is the mean of the observed R.A. of the Limbs . When one Limb of the Sun is ...
... observed in the year 1843 , with the Greenwich Mean Solar Times of transit of centre . The concluded Right ... observed , ' and that the concluded R.A. of centre is the mean of the observed R.A. of the Limbs . When one Limb of the Sun is ...
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Page 21 - ... proportions of symmetry." (p. 15.) The third chapter treats of the nature and quality of ground on which buildings are to be erected ; it is very copious and very curious. Minute directions are given for constructing a plough, and for ploughing the ground on which the house is to be built. This being done, " let sesamum seeds, pulse, and kidneybeans be sown, with incantations pronounced over them; and let due reverence be paid to the spiritual teacher ; and let the oxen, and the plough to which...
Page 17 - Wo to them who dwell in a house not built according to the proportions of symmetry. in building an edifice, therefore, let all its parts, from the basement to the roof, be duly considered.
Page 18 - The ground to be avoided is described in a special manner as follows : " That which has the form of a circle, a semicircle, containing three, five, or six angles, resembling a trident or a winnow, shaped like the hinder part of a fish, or the back of an elephant, or a turtle, or the face of a cow, and the like ; situated opposite to any of the intermediate quarters northwest, and the like ; abounding with human sculls, stones, worms, ant-hills, ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS.