Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt · leaf 97
sit instru-mentthe star (the planet Venus in thiscase) may enter on the right hand in thefigure, and may be supposed to crosseach of the wires, the time of its tran-sit over each of them, or over a suffi-cient number, being noted. Themethod of noting this time may be bestunderstood by referring to… … THE TRANSIT INSTRUMENT. 79
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