New Method of Correcting Lunar Distances: And Improved Method of Finding the Error and Rate of a Chronometer by Equal Altitudes |
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| Title | New Method of Correcting Lunar Distances: And Improved Method of Finding the Error and Rate of a Chronometer by Equal Altitudes |
| Author | William Chauvenet |
| Publisher | D. Van Nostrand, 1868 |
| Original from | Columbia University |
| Digitized | Jun 11, 2009 |
| Length | 86 pages |
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