An Introduction to Practical Astronomy Containing Descriptions of the Various Instruments that Have Been Usefully Employed in Determining the Places of the Heavenly Bodies
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- ERRATA
- AN INTRODUCTION TO PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
- DOUBLE IMAGE MICROMETERS
- BINOCULAR MICROMETERS
- XLII THE LAMP-MICROMETER BY SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL
- XLIII BINOCULAR SPIDER'S-LINE AND GLASS-DISC MICROMETERS
- XLIV ON THE USE OF POSITION MICROMETERS
- XLV EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF SEVERAL MICROMETERS
- XLVI ON CLAMPS AND TANGENT SCREWS
- XLVII ON THE VERNIER
- XLVIII ON THE READING MICROSCOPE
- XLIX ON THE PLUMB-LINE
- L ON THE SPIRIT-LEVEL
- LI ON ARTIFICIAL HORIZONS
- LII ON FLAMSTEED'S AND LA CAILLE'S METHODS OF OBSERVING
- LIII ON THE TRANSIT CLOCK
- LIV ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE TRANSIT INSTRUMENT
- LV A PORTABLE TRANSIT-INSTRUMENT BY T. JONES
- LVI DIRECTIONS FOR THE EXAMINATION AND ADJUSTMENTS OF A TRANSIT-INSTRUMENT
- LVII TO DETERMINE THE EXACT PLACE FOR A MERIDIAN MARK
- LVIII ON THE ERRORS OF THE TRANSIT-INSTRUMENT IN CONNEXION WITH A CLOCK OR CHRONOMETER
- LIX THE MOSCOW TRANSIT-INSTRUMENT
- LX CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREENWICH TRANSIT-INSTRUMENT
- LXI ON THE METHODS OF OBSERVING AND REGISTERING TRANSITS
- LXII REDUCTION OF OBSERVED TRANSITS INTO MEAN RIGHT ASCENSIONS
- LXIII ON THE CORRECTION OF RIGHT ASCENSION COMMON TO ALL THE STARS
- LXIV TRANSIT-CIRCLE BY TROUGHTON
- LXV REDUCTION OF THE APPARENT ZENITH DISTANCE, OR DECLINATION, TO THE MEAN POLAR DISTANCE
- LXVI RAMSDEN'S ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH CIRCULAR INSTRUMENT
- LXVII THE WESTBURY ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH CIRCLE BY TROUGHTON
- LXVIII THE SOUTH KIL-WORTH ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH CIRCLE BY TROUGHTON
- LXIX THE COLLIMATOR
- LXX ON THE USES OF A PORTABLE ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH CIRCULAR INSTRUMENT
- LXXI A NEW PORTABLE ALTITUDE, AZIMUTH, AND ZENITH INSTRUMENT MADE BY FAYRER
- LXXII THE GREENWICH MURAL CIRCLE
- LXXIII CIRCULAR REPEATING INSTRUMENT BY REICHENBACH
- LXXIV REPEATING CIRCLE BY TROUGHTON
- LXXV NEW REPEATING CIRCLE BY GEORGE DOLLOND
- LXXVI REPEATING TRIPOD
- LXXVII EQUATORIAL INSTRUMENT
- LXXVIII ON THE ERRORS OF THE EQUATORIAL INSTRUMENT
- LXXIX GRAHAM'S ZENITH SECTOR
- LXXX RAMSDEN'S ZENITH SECTOR
- LXXXI ZENITH SECTOR BY TROUGHTON
- LXXXII ZENITH MICROMETER
- LXXXIII ASTRONOMICAL QUADRANT
- LXXXIV POLAR INSTRUMENT BY RAMSDEN
- LXXXV ON FIXED TELESCOPES
- LXXXVI MICROMETER BY AMICI
- LXXXVII THE SEXTANT
- LXXXVIII REFLECTING AND REPEATING CIRCLES
- LXXXIX TROUGHTON'S REFLECTING CIRCLE
- XC TO DETERMINE THE LATITUDE OF A PLACE BY OBSERVATION
- XCI TO DETERMINE THE TIME BY MEANS OF AN OBSERVATION OF A HEAVENLY BODY TAKEN AT A DISTANCE FROM THE MERIDIAN
- XCII AN ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF DETERMINING THE LONGITUDE
- XCIII TO DETERMINE THE LONGITUDE BY THE MOON'S PASSAGE OVER THE MERIDIAN
- XCIV ON LUNAR DISTANCES
- XCV ON THE OCCULTATIONS OF STARS BY THE MOON
- XCVI THE SECOND METHOD OF COMPUTING OCCULTATIONS OF THE STARS, VIZ. BY THE RIGHT ASCENSIONS AND DECLINATIONS
- XCVII THE THIRD METHOD OF COMPUTING OCCULTATIONS OF THE STARS; VIZ. BY THE LONGITUDES AND LATITUDES
- XCVIII THE FOURTH METHOD OF COMPUTING OCCULTATIONS OF STARS; VIZ. BY THE PARALLAXES APPLIED IN THE MOON'S ORBIT, AND IN A CIRCLE PERPENDICULAR THERETO
- XCIX ON SOLAR ECLIPSES, OR OCCULTATIONS OF THE SUN BY THE MOON
- C ON THE APPLICATION OF THIRD AND FOURTH DIFFERENCES
- CI TO DETERMINE THE OBLIQUITY OF THE ECLIPTIC BY OBSERVATION
- CII RECENT DETERMINATION OF THE CONSTANT OF ABERRATION
- CIII AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF OBSERVATORIES, ETC
- CIV CONCLUSION
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- Plate section
XC - TO DETERMINE THE LATITUDE OF A PLACE BY OBSERVATION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- ERRATA
- AN INTRODUCTION TO PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
- DOUBLE IMAGE MICROMETERS
- BINOCULAR MICROMETERS
- XLII THE LAMP-MICROMETER BY SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL
- XLIII BINOCULAR SPIDER'S-LINE AND GLASS-DISC MICROMETERS
- XLIV ON THE USE OF POSITION MICROMETERS
- XLV EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF SEVERAL MICROMETERS
- XLVI ON CLAMPS AND TANGENT SCREWS
- XLVII ON THE VERNIER
- XLVIII ON THE READING MICROSCOPE
- XLIX ON THE PLUMB-LINE
- L ON THE SPIRIT-LEVEL
- LI ON ARTIFICIAL HORIZONS
- LII ON FLAMSTEED'S AND LA CAILLE'S METHODS OF OBSERVING
- LIII ON THE TRANSIT CLOCK
- LIV ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE TRANSIT INSTRUMENT
- LV A PORTABLE TRANSIT-INSTRUMENT BY T. JONES
- LVI DIRECTIONS FOR THE EXAMINATION AND ADJUSTMENTS OF A TRANSIT-INSTRUMENT
- LVII TO DETERMINE THE EXACT PLACE FOR A MERIDIAN MARK
- LVIII ON THE ERRORS OF THE TRANSIT-INSTRUMENT IN CONNEXION WITH A CLOCK OR CHRONOMETER
- LIX THE MOSCOW TRANSIT-INSTRUMENT
- LX CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREENWICH TRANSIT-INSTRUMENT
- LXI ON THE METHODS OF OBSERVING AND REGISTERING TRANSITS
- LXII REDUCTION OF OBSERVED TRANSITS INTO MEAN RIGHT ASCENSIONS
- LXIII ON THE CORRECTION OF RIGHT ASCENSION COMMON TO ALL THE STARS
- LXIV TRANSIT-CIRCLE BY TROUGHTON
- LXV REDUCTION OF THE APPARENT ZENITH DISTANCE, OR DECLINATION, TO THE MEAN POLAR DISTANCE
- LXVI RAMSDEN'S ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH CIRCULAR INSTRUMENT
- LXVII THE WESTBURY ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH CIRCLE BY TROUGHTON
- LXVIII THE SOUTH KIL-WORTH ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH CIRCLE BY TROUGHTON
- LXIX THE COLLIMATOR
- LXX ON THE USES OF A PORTABLE ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH CIRCULAR INSTRUMENT
- LXXI A NEW PORTABLE ALTITUDE, AZIMUTH, AND ZENITH INSTRUMENT MADE BY FAYRER
- LXXII THE GREENWICH MURAL CIRCLE
- LXXIII CIRCULAR REPEATING INSTRUMENT BY REICHENBACH
- LXXIV REPEATING CIRCLE BY TROUGHTON
- LXXV NEW REPEATING CIRCLE BY GEORGE DOLLOND
- LXXVI REPEATING TRIPOD
- LXXVII EQUATORIAL INSTRUMENT
- LXXVIII ON THE ERRORS OF THE EQUATORIAL INSTRUMENT
- LXXIX GRAHAM'S ZENITH SECTOR
- LXXX RAMSDEN'S ZENITH SECTOR
- LXXXI ZENITH SECTOR BY TROUGHTON
- LXXXII ZENITH MICROMETER
- LXXXIII ASTRONOMICAL QUADRANT
- LXXXIV POLAR INSTRUMENT BY RAMSDEN
- LXXXV ON FIXED TELESCOPES
- LXXXVI MICROMETER BY AMICI
- LXXXVII THE SEXTANT
- LXXXVIII REFLECTING AND REPEATING CIRCLES
- LXXXIX TROUGHTON'S REFLECTING CIRCLE
- XC TO DETERMINE THE LATITUDE OF A PLACE BY OBSERVATION
- XCI TO DETERMINE THE TIME BY MEANS OF AN OBSERVATION OF A HEAVENLY BODY TAKEN AT A DISTANCE FROM THE MERIDIAN
- XCII AN ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF DETERMINING THE LONGITUDE
- XCIII TO DETERMINE THE LONGITUDE BY THE MOON'S PASSAGE OVER THE MERIDIAN
- XCIV ON LUNAR DISTANCES
- XCV ON THE OCCULTATIONS OF STARS BY THE MOON
- XCVI THE SECOND METHOD OF COMPUTING OCCULTATIONS OF THE STARS, VIZ. BY THE RIGHT ASCENSIONS AND DECLINATIONS
- XCVII THE THIRD METHOD OF COMPUTING OCCULTATIONS OF THE STARS; VIZ. BY THE LONGITUDES AND LATITUDES
- XCVIII THE FOURTH METHOD OF COMPUTING OCCULTATIONS OF STARS; VIZ. BY THE PARALLAXES APPLIED IN THE MOON'S ORBIT, AND IN A CIRCLE PERPENDICULAR THERETO
- XCIX ON SOLAR ECLIPSES, OR OCCULTATIONS OF THE SUN BY THE MOON
- C ON THE APPLICATION OF THIRD AND FOURTH DIFFERENCES
- CI TO DETERMINE THE OBLIQUITY OF THE ECLIPTIC BY OBSERVATION
- CII RECENT DETERMINATION OF THE CONSTANT OF ABERRATION
- CIII AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF OBSERVATORIES, ETC
- CIV CONCLUSION
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- Plate section
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- An Introduction to Practical AstronomyContaining Descriptions of the Various Instruments that Have Been Usefully Employed in Determining the Places of the Heavenly Bodies, pp. 593 - 596Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013