A Manual of Spherical and Astronomy: Embracing the General Problems of Spherical Astronomy, and the Theory and Use of Fixed and Portable Astronomical Instruments. With an Appendix on the Method of Least Squares, Volume 1

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accuracy ascension and declination assumed axis azimuth BESSEL celestial celestial sphere centre chro chronometer clock correction co-ordinates computation constant Corr corresponding cos² cosec curve d₁ deduced denote determine difference of longitude earth eclipse employed Ephemeris equations equinox expressed formula geocentric given gives Greenwich mean h₁ hence horizon hour angle instant instrument interpolation interval latitude logarithms meridian meridian altitude method METHOD.-BY moon moon's limb nearly noon nutation obtain P₁ parallax place of observation plane pole position precession precision prime vertical probable error quantities radius reduced refraction right ascension semidiameter sextant sidereal sin² solar solar eclipse star star's substitute sun's T₁ taken term tion transit triangle true vertical circle whence zenith distance Δα

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TitleA Manual of Spherical and Astronomy: Embracing the General Problems of Spherical Astronomy, and the Theory and Use of Fixed and Portable Astronomical Instruments. With an Appendix on the Method of Least Squares, Volume 1
A Manual of Spherical and Astronomy: Embracing the General Problems of Spherical Astronomy, and the Theory and Use of Fixed and Portable Astronomical Instruments. With an Appendix on the Method of Least Squares, William Chauvenet
AuthorWilliam Chauvenet
PublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1864
Original fromUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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