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Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy, founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1899)

Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911. Celestial motions · Boston, Little, Brown and company · leaf 269

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212 Stars ci7id Telescopes orbits to satisfy this delay; but the investigation ofAdams, of Cambridge, England, showed that one onlyof these would explain all the circumstances of the Stray or sporadic meteors are often thus indicated, as well as;the effects of imperfect observation. Dr Max Wolf of… … APPARATUS FOR PHOTOGRAPHING TRAILS OF METEORS {An inclined or polar axis driven by clockwork, so as to follow the starsaccurately. Upon this axis are mounted several cameras which can beso pointed as to cover a selected portion of the sky. Then, the clockworkbeing started, and the caps removed,…

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