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... distance of the Sun from the Earth . There is supposed to be an error of some three millions of miles in the present estimate of the distance , and the transit of Venus is looked forward to as a means of determining it with greater ...
... distance of the Sun from the Earth . There is supposed to be an error of some three millions of miles in the present estimate of the distance , and the transit of Venus is looked forward to as a means of determining it with greater ...
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... distance of an object supposed to be 500 yards off ; our base line would be too small for our purpose , at least we could not expect to measure the angles with any degree of accuracy . Fifty yards , which would 12 The Transit of Venus .
... distance of an object supposed to be 500 yards off ; our base line would be too small for our purpose , at least we could not expect to measure the angles with any degree of accuracy . Fifty yards , which would 12 The Transit of Venus .
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... distance of the North and South poles from each other , but as no one has ever reached either pole , much less been able to live there , we must limit our base line still more . As a matter of fact about 7,000 miles is as large a base ...
... distance of the North and South poles from each other , but as no one has ever reached either pole , much less been able to live there , we must limit our base line still more . As a matter of fact about 7,000 miles is as large a base ...
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... distance from us . I should point out that supposing the circle of the heavens to be divided into 360 degrees like our theodolite disc , the Sun does not occupy so much as one degree of it . It has been ascertained that the distances of ...
... distance from us . I should point out that supposing the circle of the heavens to be divided into 360 degrees like our theodolite disc , the Sun does not occupy so much as one degree of it . It has been ascertained that the distances of ...
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... distance of Venus from the Sun as com- pared with the distance of the Earth from the Sun- will enable us to measure the width of this band , and for this purpose we will assume the base line to be 7,000 miles long . Now if Venus were ...
... distance of Venus from the Sun as com- pared with the distance of the Earth from the Sun- will enable us to measure the width of this band , and for this purpose we will assume the base line to be 7,000 miles long . Now if Venus were ...
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