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Astronomical Papers, Prepared for the use of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

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Cover of: Astronomical Papers, Prepared for the use of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
Astronomical Papers, Prepared for the use of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
1882, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department
in English - Volume 1
Cover of: Astronomical Papers, Prepared for the use of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
Astronomical Papers, Prepared for the use of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
1882, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department
in English - Volume 1

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Table of Contents

Title page: Astronomical Papers, ..., Volume IV, ..., 1890
Page n5
Title page: A New Theory of Jupiter and Saturn / by G. W. Hill, ...
title. Title page: Astronomical Papers, ..., under the Direction of Simon Newcomb, ..., Volume I, ... 1882
Page n9
Prefatory Note
Note: "Part IV of this series of papers is identical with ..."
Contents ... page v
Page n15
Introduction (by SIMON NEWCOMB) ... page vii-xiv
1. I. On the Recurrence of Solar Eclipses, with tables of Eclipses from B.C. 700 to A.D. 2300, by SIMON NEWCOMB (1879) ... 1
Page n25
2. II. A Transformation of HANSEN's Lunar Theory, compared with the Theory of DELAUNAY, by SIMON NEWCOMB, aided by JOHN MEIER ... 57
Page n81
3. III. Experimental Determination of the velocity of light made at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, by ALBERT A. MICHELSON ... 109
Page n133
4. IV. Catalogue of 1098 Standard Clock and Zodiacal Stars, prepared under the direction of SIMON NEWCOMB ... 147
Page n171
5. V. On GAUSS's method of computing secular perturbations, with an application to the action of Venus on Mercury, by GEORGE W. HILL ... 315
Page n335
6. VI. Discussion of Observed Transits of Mercury, 1677-1881, by SIMON NEWCOMB ... 363 (363-370 missing)
Page n392
Last page ... 487
Page n509

Edition Notes

2 misleading title pages at begin of item "astronomicalpap00offigoog". Item actually is Astronomical Papers, vol. 1, 1882. Pages 363-370 (Part 6, title and text pages) are missing.

Item "astronomicalpap00offigoog" digitized from the Reserve Library of the Harvard College Observatory.

"Part IV of this series of papers is identical with the catalogue of 1098, Standard Stars, of which the copies were issued in a bound form. This fact is mentioned to correct misapprehension among recipients of the publications respecting the completeness of their sets. prepared under the Volume I is completed with Part VI."

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Astronomical Papers, Prepared for the use of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, vol. 1
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Astronomical Papers.

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Simon Newcomb
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John Meier
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Albert A. Michelson
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George W. Hill

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