A popular handbook and atlas of astronomy, designed as a complete guide to a knowledge of the heavenly bodies and as an aid to those possessing telescopes (1891)
Peck, William, Sir, 1862-1925 · New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 41
splacement, was accidentally led to the solution of the problem. One day, he happened tobe crossing the Thames in a small boat, and by the strength of the current was unable to reacha certain part of the opposite bank at which he desired to land. Noticing that the amount of angulardisplacement in… … Fig. 8. diagram explaining aberra-tion OF LIGHT. MOVEMENTS OF THE EARTH WHICH AFFECT THE APPEARANCE OF THE HEAVENS. 17 Proper Motion.
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