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... Tycho Brahe's discovery and representation of the Variation 112 123 Tycho Brahe's discovery and representation of the Annual Equation · 124 Tycho's Table for the Reduction 125 Inclination of the Moon's orbit and motion of the Node cal ...
... Tycho Brahe's discovery and representation of the Variation 112 123 Tycho Brahe's discovery and representation of the Annual Equation · 124 Tycho's Table for the Reduction 125 Inclination of the Moon's orbit and motion of the Node cal ...
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... Tycho , Kepler , and their predecessors should have been able to feel their way so far among the Lunar inequalities , with the means of observation they possessed . LONGITUDE OF THE MOON . 64. We shall firstly discuss the expression for ...
... Tycho , Kepler , and their predecessors should have been able to feel their way so far among the Lunar inequalities , with the means of observation they possessed . LONGITUDE OF THE MOON . 64. We shall firstly discuss the expression for ...
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... Tycho Brahé ( A.D. 1580 ) with superior instru- ments extended the range of his observations to all inter- mediate points , he found that another inequality manifested itself . Having computed the places of the moon for diffe- rent ...
... Tycho Brahé ( A.D. 1580 ) with superior instru- ments extended the range of his observations to all inter- mediate points , he found that another inequality manifested itself . Having computed the places of the moon for diffe- rent ...
Page 113
... Tycho fixed the maximum of this inequality at 40 ′ 30 ′′ . The value which results from modern observations is 39 ' 30 " . 122. We have already two epicycles , or one epicycle and an eccentric , to explain the first two inequalities ...
... Tycho fixed the maximum of this inequality at 40 ′ 30 ′′ . The value which results from modern observations is 39 ' 30 " . 122. We have already two epicycles , or one epicycle and an eccentric , to explain the first two inequalities ...
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... Tycho did not state this distinctly , but he made a correc- tion which , though wrong in quantity and applied in an indirect manner , shewed that he had seen the necessity and understood the law of this inequality . He did not try to ...
... Tycho did not state this distinctly , but he made a correc- tion which , though wrong in quantity and applied in an indirect manner , shewed that he had seen the necessity and understood the law of this inequality . He did not try to ...
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