Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

4°. Mit 34 (3 farb.) Tafeln. CII, 298 SS.; 1 Bl., XIV, 354 SS.; 22 SS.; 2 Bll., 169 SS. Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rsch. (lädiert, stark beschabt und bestoßen, angestaubt, fleckig, Deckel gestempelt).

Bemerkung:

"51st Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives Doc. No. 257".- Contents: "The Transit Cercle. Description of Instruments. North Polar Distance. Catalogue of Miscellaneous Stars observed in 1885. Positions and Semi-Diameters of the Sun, Moon, and Planets, deduced from Observations with the Transit Cercle in 1885, and compared with the tables. The Meridian Transit Instrument. Summary of the Principal Constants used in reducing Observations made with the Transit Cercle in 1885. Observations with the XXVI-Inch Equatorial. Corrections to the North Polar Distances of Stars of the American Ephemeris, given by Observations with the Transit Cercle in 1885. Mean Places of Miscellaneous Stars for 1885. Appendix I: The International Astrophotographic Congress and a Visit to certain European Observatories and other Institutions ... by Albert G. Winterhalter (Meudon Observatory. Bischoffsheim's Observatory on Mont Gros, Nice. The National Observatory, Paris. Dépot de la Marine, Paris. The Observatory of Montsouris, Paris. The Provincial Observatories of France. The Observatory at Toulon. La Plata Observatory, Argentine Republic. Observatory of the Hydrographic Office, Genoa. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich. University Observatory, Oxford. The Royal Observatory, Brussels. The Royal Observatory, Leyden. The University Observatory, Copenhagen. The Royal Observatory, Berlin. The Royal Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam. The University Observatory, Vienna). Appendix II: Saturn and its Ring, 1875-1889, by Asaph Hall. Appendix III: The Solar Parallax and its related constants, including the Figure and Density of the Earth, by William Harkness" etc.