Works, Volume 78Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 185
... moon and planets ; ii . Observations , with or without a telescope , of the stars ; of the determination of the positions of the Southern Sky stars , new to him ; of the Magellanic clouds ; and of the Milky Way ; iii . Observations of ...
... moon and planets ; ii . Observations , with or without a telescope , of the stars ; of the determination of the positions of the Southern Sky stars , new to him ; of the Magellanic clouds ; and of the Milky Way ; iii . Observations of ...
Page 186
... moon , Mercury , Saturn , and Venus are all within the limit of 15 degrees and placed in that order - the moon being nearest to the sun . By this date he must have been in the Mozambique Channel , probably not far from the latitude of ...
... moon , Mercury , Saturn , and Venus are all within the limit of 15 degrees and placed in that order - the moon being nearest to the sun . By this date he must have been in the Mozambique Channel , probably not far from the latitude of ...
Page 187
... moon , a very large partial one , and the eclipsed moon was in the zenith for the peninsula of Oman . This is the eclipse that he thought might be turned to account for the getting of longitude at sea . It is also the one by which we ...
... moon , a very large partial one , and the eclipsed moon was in the zenith for the peninsula of Oman . This is the eclipse that he thought might be turned to account for the getting of longitude at sea . It is also the one by which we ...
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