Nature, Volume 32Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1885 - Electronic journals |
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Page 148
... longitudes is very natural . It brings the numerical augmentation of the longitude into harmony with that of the local time . It sets forth no negative longitude - a system which , in our opinion , is defective , when there is a ...
... longitudes is very natural . It brings the numerical augmentation of the longitude into harmony with that of the local time . It sets forth no negative longitude - a system which , in our opinion , is defective , when there is a ...
Page 246
... longitudes by counting east longitudes as plus , and west longitudes as minus . The present system was adopted some forty years ago in Germany as being the most natural , because longitude was measured upon the earth by the apparent ...
... longitudes by counting east longitudes as plus , and west longitudes as minus . The present system was adopted some forty years ago in Germany as being the most natural , because longitude was measured upon the earth by the apparent ...
Page 277
... longitude 180 ° , those on the right the years on which the descending node is in longitude 180. The minus sign indicates B.C. The situation of the capital of Chung K'ang is a dis- puted point . Some hold it was at An Yi Hsien , in Shan ...
... longitude 180 ° , those on the right the years on which the descending node is in longitude 180. The minus sign indicates B.C. The situation of the capital of Chung K'ang is a dis- puted point . Some hold it was at An Yi Hsien , in Shan ...
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Auroral Zone ElevenYear Meridional Oscillation of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club | 12 |
Prof Auwers Calculations of Longitude of Places bination of the Ordnance and Admiralty Surveys E | 101 |
Earthquakes in 11 85 460 Industrial Education in Behrens Dr W J Guide for the Microscopical Investiga | 193 |
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