Nature, Volume 41Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1890 - Electronic journals |
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... object in writing this note , however , is to correct an error of calculation which Dr. von Rebeur - Paschwitz has unwittingly made . He has assumed that Tokio standard time is mean local time . On the contrary , the standard time for ...
... object in writing this note , however , is to correct an error of calculation which Dr. von Rebeur - Paschwitz has unwittingly made . He has assumed that Tokio standard time is mean local time . On the contrary , the standard time for ...
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... objects that may be required . There is no doubt that these charts will be eminently useful , one of their great advantages ... object in constructing these charts was to make them companions to Webb's " Celestial Objects for Common Tele ...
... objects that may be required . There is no doubt that these charts will be eminently useful , one of their great advantages ... object in constructing these charts was to make them companions to Webb's " Celestial Objects for Common Tele ...
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... Object - glas . Terrestrial and 1 Astronomical Eye - piece , on Pillar nd Claw Stand with universal joint , £ 7 . Cheap portable Equatorial Stand for 3 - inch to 4 - inch Telescope , with adjustment for latitude and divided circles , on ...
... Object - glas . Terrestrial and 1 Astronomical Eye - piece , on Pillar nd Claw Stand with universal joint , £ 7 . Cheap portable Equatorial Stand for 3 - inch to 4 - inch Telescope , with adjustment for latitude and divided circles , on ...
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... objects are not , exactly speaking , scientific , at least in the usual sense of the word , and the inter- mixture of ... object of eliciting their opinions on the subject of underground conductors . Out of this number 130 returned very ...
... objects are not , exactly speaking , scientific , at least in the usual sense of the word , and the inter- mixture of ... object of eliciting their opinions on the subject of underground conductors . Out of this number 130 returned very ...
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... Objects , ' P. 147 , tells us that Herschel found that the caps were not opposite each other ; and says himself that ... object , explodes and produces all the us effects of a flash of lightning . Sir William Harris writes - ' Now , it ...
... Objects , ' P. 147 , tells us that Herschel found that the caps were not opposite each other ; and says himself that ... object , explodes and produces all the us effects of a flash of lightning . Sir William Harris writes - ' Now , it ...
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