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Excerpt from Lunar and Time Tables, Adapted to New, Short, and Accurate Methods for Finding the Longitude by Chronometers and Lunar Distances: Including Methods of Applying Corrections to a Lunar Distance for the Spheroidal Figure of the Earth, the Apparent Elliptical Forms of the Sun and Moon, and for the Temperature and Density of the Atmosphere
Mathematicians of the highest celebrity, and found to be correct.
Second, that Captain Thomson''s Tables cannot give correct results in all cases may be thus proved. The third correction depends upon the parallax of the Moon, whereas the changes in this element are entirely neglected in Thomson''s Tables.
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Mathematicians of the highest celebrity, and found to be correct.
Second, that Captain Thomson''s Tables cannot give correct results in all cases may be thus proved. The third correction depends upon the parallax of the Moon, whereas the changes in this element are entirely neglected in Thomson''s Tables.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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James Gordon
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ISBN - 9780266462491
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
Page Count - 232
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James Gordon
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ISBN - 9781331974857
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
Page Count - 234
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