Observations on the zodiacal light ... with conclusions from the data thus obtainedA.O.P. Nicholson, 1856 - Japan |
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... latter time , also , it is drawn so as not to reach the horizon of a spectator in the latitude of Paris . Whether he meant to have this lenticular - shaped medium to be considered as attached to the sun , and revolving at the same time ...
... latter time , also , it is drawn so as not to reach the horizon of a spectator in the latitude of Paris . Whether he meant to have this lenticular - shaped medium to be considered as attached to the sun , and revolving at the same time ...
Page x
... latter period . * My first observations were of an awkward , and for a long time they were of a very desultory , kind . I contented myself with making records of having seen the Light , and with giving its boundaries , by written ...
... latter period . * My first observations were of an awkward , and for a long time they were of a very desultory , kind . I contented myself with making records of having seen the Light , and with giving its boundaries , by written ...
Page xi
... latter also gradually faded away . Yet there was , in the former case , a line of greater suddenness of transition , which , when my eye had got accustomed to observations , I was generally able to make out without much difficulty ; and ...
... latter also gradually faded away . Yet there was , in the former case , a line of greater suddenness of transition , which , when my eye had got accustomed to observations , I was generally able to make out without much difficulty ; and ...
Page xii
... latter at first with a degree of brightness greater than it lately possessed ; and then the Diffuse would pass away , in the increasing night . In the morning , the reverse was the case . It should be here observed , also , that this ...
... latter at first with a degree of brightness greater than it lately possessed ; and then the Diffuse would pass away , in the increasing night . In the morning , the reverse was the case . It should be here observed , also , that this ...
Page xiii
... latter circumstance , I presume , had noth- ing to do with the results . I have been puzzled to know by what kind of lines to designate the boundaries of this midnight Light ; for it was very dim , quite as much so as the Diffuse Light ...
... latter circumstance , I presume , had noth- ing to do with the results . I have been puzzled to know by what kind of lines to designate the boundaries of this midnight Light ; for it was very dim , quite as much so as the Diffuse Light ...
Common terms and phrases
_do_ 30 Diffuse 9 o'clock able Alpheral Alpherat angle appeared APRIL Arcturus ascended atmosphere brightening Capella Capollu CASSINI'S OBSERVATION chart Clouds last Clouds since last Coma Ber côté dawn DECEMBER decided decidedly deck dégrés Diffuse 7h Diffuse at 7h Diffuse Light distinct eastern sky ecliptic effulgent Light faint favorable for observations Formathault found the sky found the Zodiacal fully reliable gegenschein give given haziness horizon hour Hydru JULY last date latitude latter Light at 7h Light began lower lumière marked midnight Milky Mitky MOON ZODIACAL LIGHT morning observations nebulous matter night noticed OCTOBER outlines Pleiades portion Præsepe pulsations reflection reliable boundaries remarkably clear Riget rose at 5h seen septentrion set at 6h Sirius sky clear stars strong Stronger and Diffuse Stronger Light 7h Sun rose 5h Sun set 6h Sun's Lon thought took boundaries upper end watch Western Zodiacal Light Zenith point zigzag line 쉬우