Author: Sir David Gill
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Category : Parallax
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Author: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Author: David Sir Gill, 1843-1914
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ISBN: 9781362875482
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Author: David Gill
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021708120
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book details the groundbreaking work of David Gill and his team at the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope in determining the parallax of numerous stars using the advanced technology of the heliometer. The observations made here were instrumental in advancing our understanding of the scale of the universe. A must-read for any astronomy enthusiast or historian. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: David Gill
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266919360
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Excerpt from Heliometer Observations for Determination of Stellar Parallax Made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope The instrument as employed at Mauritius and Ascension is fully described in the Dun Echt publications, Vol. II. For use at the Cape I could not obtain the original equatoreal mounting. 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.
Author: David Gill
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Category : Arc measures
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Author: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 770
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Author: Royal Astronomical Society
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Author: Royal Astronomical Society. Library
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Author: Edinburgh University Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1424
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