The Royal observatory, Greenwich. A glance at its history and work (1900)
Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928 · London, The Religious tract society · leaf 317
ecog-nized and discovered from noting the irregularities inthe motion of Uranus, so the discordances in the placeof Sirius led to the belief that it was attracted by athen unseen companion, whose position with respect tothe brighter star was predicted and afterwards seen. Gravitation thus appears,… … THE SOUTH-EAST DOME WITH THE SHUTTER OPEN. have motions of their own. Of these motions, a greatpart consists of a drift away from one portion of the THE DOUBLE-STAR DEPARTMENT 315 heavens towards a point diametrically opposite to it,a drift such as must be due, not to a true motion ofthe individual…
Royal Greenwich Observatory · Astronomy
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