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Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy / Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892
are so carefully compiled and are so copious that they form a very complete history of the Greenwich Observatory ... of the Cambridge Observatory to his residence at Greenwich Observatory as Astronomer Royal details...- creator(s) - Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892
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- subject(s) - observatory; greenwich; astr; playford; royal observatory; airy; cambridge; astronomer royal; admiralty; nov; lunar; feb; jan; astronomer; royal; lunar theory; sept; june; greenwich observatory; george biddell; cambridge observatory; transit; mar; biddell; feb; sept; greenwich observatory; mar; astronomer royal; astr; astronomer; biddell; transit; nov; playford; greenwich; observatory; jan; cambridge observatory; lunar theory; admiralty; royal; george biddell; airy; june; lunar; cambridge; royal observatory;
- title - Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy
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- Great Astronomers / Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913
: GREENWICH OBSERVATORY.] PREFACE. It has been my object in these pages to present the life ... OF ILLUSTRATIONS. THE OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH. PTOLEMY. PTOLEMY'S PLANETARY SCHEME. PTOLEMY'S THEORY details...- creator(s) - Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913
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- subject(s) - herschel; tycho; halley; astronomer; observatory; galileo; planet; telescope; ptolemy; newton; astronomical; astronomy; orbit; planets; hamilton; astronomers; john herschel; celestial; stars; astronomers; herschel; ptolemy; halley; tycho; stars; astronomy; astronomer; telescope; hamilton; planets; john herschel; observatory; galileo; newton; orbit; astronomical; planet; celestial;
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- Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals / Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889
--Liverpool observatory--The Hawthornes--Shop-keepers and waiters--Greenwich observatory--Sir George Airy--Visits to Greenwich--Herr Struve's mission to England--Dinner party--General Sabine--Westminster Abbey ... details...- creator(s) - Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889
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- subject(s) - mitchell; observatory; miss mitchell; maria mitchell; professor schumacher; vassar college; observatory; vassar college; professor schumacher; maria mitchell; mitchell; miss mitchell;
- title - Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
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- The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 / Various
. These tables of factors have been constructed at the Greenwich Observatory, and are generally used ... of it. This line at 160 deg. W. Long, from Greenwich is 4 deg. below the geographical equator; at 80 deg details...- creator(s) - Various
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- subject(s) - ellen; life; monthly; time; various; man; july; marriage; volume; atlantic; july; ellen; life; marriage; monthly; time; volume; man; atlantic;
- title - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860
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- History of Astronomy / Forbes, George, 1849-1936
at Greenwich Observatory with this special object, to get observations of the moon in all phases.] He also ... as being really Halley's comet by the calculations of Cowell and Cromellin[4] (of Greenwich Observatory details...- creator(s) - Forbes, George, 1849-1936
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- subject(s) - solar; tycho; tycho brahe; astronomy; spectrum; orbit; brahe; parallax; kepler; herschel; copernicus; planet; planets; comet; lunar; solar system; telescope; observatory; newton; astronomers; stars; motion; gravitation; comets; astronomer; jupiter; astron; astronomers; herschel; jupiter; tycho; comets; spectrum; stars; astronomy; astronomer; gravitation; solar system; telescope; planets; solar; astron; observatory; comet; newton; orbit; tycho brahe; planet; motion; brahe; copernicus; parallax; kepler; lunar;
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- Five Weeks in a Balloon / Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
out the height of distant and inaccessible objects. The Greenwich Observatory had placed itself at the doctor ... . On the 16th of February, the Resolute cast anchor near Greenwich. She was a screw propeller of eight hundred details...- creator(s) - Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
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- subject(s) - kennedy; joe; balloon; ferguson; doctor; dick; victoria; lake tchad; car; lake; ascensional force; asked kennedy; balloon; ascensional force; lake; ferguson; joe; kennedy; lake tchad; asked kennedy; dick; victoria; car; doctor;
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- Practical Essays / Bain, Alexander, 1818-1903
was inaugurated in Greenwich Observatory. The experiments of Priestley and of Franklin farther exemplified ... details...- creator(s) - Bain, Alexander, 1818-1903
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- subject(s) - bain; essays; study; clark; practical; time; knowledge; man; mind; alexander; barrett; bain; essays; study; clark; bain, alexander, 1818-1903; mind; alexander; practical; time; barrett; knowledge; man;
- title - Practical Essays
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- Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, November 17, 1920 / Various
. * * * A large spot on the sun has been seen by the meteorological experts at Greenwich Observatory ... details...- creator(s) - Various
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- subject(s) - barbara; julia; ireland; julia; ireland; barbara;
- title - Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, November 17, 1920
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- Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers / Rutherford, Mark, 1831-1913
. Each seemed confident it was in direct communication with Greenwich Observatory, and paid not the slightest ... details...- creator(s) - Rutherford, Mark, 1831-1913
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- subject(s) - miriam; miss tippit; saul; miss shipton; andrew; philistines; israel; montgomery; robert; andrew; montgomery; miriam; miss tippit; israel; saul; philistines; miss shipton; robert;
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- Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning / Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929
1900, by E. W. Maunder of the Greenwich Observatory on "The Oldest Picture Book" (the Zodiac). Mr ... details...- creator(s) - Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929
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- subject(s) - ritual; rites; tribe; pagan; evolution; religion; ritual; pagan; rites; religion; tribe; evolution;
- title - Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning
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