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Page 238
... Crozet Island . Most accelerated egress takes place near the Antarctic continent in longitude far to the east of Victoria Land ; most retarded egress takes place 238 THE COMING TRANSITS .
... Crozet Island . Most accelerated egress takes place near the Antarctic continent in longitude far to the east of Victoria Land ; most retarded egress takes place 238 THE COMING TRANSITS .
Page 241
... Crozet Island , Kerguelen's Land , and other parts of the Antarctic continent besides those considered , give abbreviated transits of considerable value . Thus for Crozet Island the abbreviation is no less than 17 m .; for Kerguelen's ...
... Crozet Island , Kerguelen's Land , and other parts of the Antarctic continent besides those considered , give abbreviated transits of considerable value . Thus for Crozet Island the abbreviation is no less than 17 m .; for Kerguelen's ...
Page 249
... Island , Adelie Land , Victoria Land , Crozet Island , or Kerguelen's Land for the southern , and Tsitsikar , Kirin - Oula , or Tientsin , for the northern stations , we get differences of duration ranging from 33m to 30.6m ...
... Island , Adelie Land , Victoria Land , Crozet Island , or Kerguelen's Land for the southern , and Tsitsikar , Kirin - Oula , or Tientsin , for the northern stations , we get differences of duration ranging from 33m to 30.6m ...
Page 255
... Crozet Island , lying nearly on a line with certain of the Aleutian Islands , suggest that pictures taken at the former stations at the beginning of the transit could be advantageously compared with pictures simultaneously , or almost ...
... Crozet Island , lying nearly on a line with certain of the Aleutian Islands , suggest that pictures taken at the former stations at the beginning of the transit could be advantageously compared with pictures simultaneously , or almost ...
Page 256
... Crozet Island and Peshawur ; Cape Town and Teheran . Projection 11. Possession Island and Tsitsikar ; Repulse Bay and neighbourhood of Lake Baikal ; Enderby Land and Calcutta ; Kerguelen's Land and Madras ; Crozet Island and Peshawur ...
... Crozet Island and Peshawur ; Cape Town and Teheran . Projection 11. Possession Island and Tsitsikar ; Repulse Bay and neighbourhood of Lake Baikal ; Enderby Land and Calcutta ; Kerguelen's Land and Madras ; Crozet Island and Peshawur ...
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