Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volumen 119W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for Lockyer Davis, printer to the Royal Society, 1829 |
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... zenith , which it is capable of doing ; but I have limited its present action to an altitude of 65 ° , this being the greatest height I can obtain without cutting the upper curb of my observatory roof , which I am rather un- willing to ...
... zenith , which it is capable of doing ; but I have limited its present action to an altitude of 65 ° , this being the greatest height I can obtain without cutting the upper curb of my observatory roof , which I am rather un- willing to ...
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... zenith , passing over various stars that were scarcely altered in their appearance , till it reached Alpha Lyræ , then somewhat south of west , and nearly 62 or 63 degrees high . From thence diminishing in bright- ness it became soon ...
... zenith , passing over various stars that were scarcely altered in their appearance , till it reached Alpha Lyræ , then somewhat south of west , and nearly 62 or 63 degrees high . From thence diminishing in bright- ness it became soon ...
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... zenith ; —that the arch moves forward towards the south , contracting its lateral dimensions as it approaches the zenith , and increasing in intensity of light by the shortening of the streamers near the magnetic meridian , and the ...
... zenith ; —that the arch moves forward towards the south , contracting its lateral dimensions as it approaches the zenith , and increasing in intensity of light by the shortening of the streamers near the magnetic meridian , and the ...
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... zenith , and assume there the form of a narrow luminous belt , at right angles to the magnetic meridian . The discovery in- spired me , at the time , with a high degree of satisfaction ; as the apparent general confusion and wild ...
... zenith , and assume there the form of a narrow luminous belt , at right angles to the magnetic meridian . The discovery in- spired me , at the time , with a high degree of satisfaction ; as the apparent general confusion and wild ...
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... zenith . It was abruptly terminated at its west extremity , about 35 ° above the horizon ; as will be afterwards more particularly described in discussing the question of the height above the surface of the earth . This west abrupt ex ...
... zenith . It was abruptly terminated at its west extremity , about 35 ° above the horizon ; as will be afterwards more particularly described in discussing the question of the height above the surface of the earth . This west abrupt ex ...
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